Junior Software Engineer

MetaPhase is a consulting company focused on mission-oriented work, modern solutions, and an inclusive culture. The Junior Software Engineer will work directly with customers and mission users to understand challenges, build and deploy cloud-native solutions, and continuously improve software across application, data, API, automation, and cloud service layers.

What you'll do:

• Work directly with customers and mission users to understand operational challenges, clarify needs, and translate them into practical technical solutions
• Rapidly prototype, build, test, and deploy working capabilities using cloud-native architectures, reusable components, APIs, automation, and modern development frameworks
• Design, develop, integrate, troubleshoot, and improve application functionality across front-end, back-end, data, API, and cloud service layers
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, automated tests, observability, security controls, and deployment workflows that support frequent, reliable delivery
• Use AI-assisted tools daily to accelerate development, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, and operational workflows; apply generative and agentic AI thoughtfully with human review and quality controls
• Partner with customers throughout delivery, demonstrating working software early, incorporating feedback quickly, and refining solutions as mission needs evolve
• Participate in code reviews, pull requests, architecture discussions, technical discovery, and release coordination within a modern Git-based engineering workflow

What they're looking for:

• 2 to 4 years of experience in software engineering, application development, cloud engineering, DevSecOps, platform engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Hands-on experience building, deploying, integrating, or supporting modern applications in a cloud environment
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, including compute, networking, identity and access management, storage, monitoring, logging, and security fundamentals
• Experience with Git, GitHub, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern software development practices
• Ability to debug across application, API, database, cloud, and deployment layers; comfortable connecting technical issues to user and mission outcomes
• Genuine enthusiasm for generative AI, agentic AI, and AI-assisted software engineering, with curiosity about how these capabilities can improve the way teams design, build, test, and operate software
• Must be located in the Washington, DC metro area and available to work from MetaPhase headquarters in Reston, Virginia four days a week
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Minimum bachelor's degree in related field; equivalent experience will be considered
• Existing or eligibility to obtain a Public Trust and/or DHS suitability clearance
• U.S. Citizenship required (NO EXCEPTIONS)
• Less than 10%