Junior Software Engineer

SOCOTEC is a provider of niche consulting services within the architecture, engineering and construction industries. They are seeking a Junior Software Engineer to join their US engineering team and contribute across their AI platform and product portfolio, focusing on full-stack development and applied AI.

What you'll do:

• Design and build features end-to-end across modern React frontends and Python (Django / FastAPI) backends
• Own components and small services — from spec through deployment and operation
• Contribute to AI-powered features: prompt engineering, agent workflows, RAG pipelines, and LLM integrations
• Participate in architecture and design discussions; influence technical direction as you grow into the role
• Write clean, tested, maintainable code and participate in code reviews
• Collaborate closely with engineering lead, DevOps, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into shipped software
• Help maintain and improve developer practices: CI/CD, testing, documentation, and operational excellence

What they're looking for:

• 0-3 years of professional full-stack software engineering experience
• Strong proficiency with React (or comparable modern frontend framework) and Python (Django, FastAPI, or similar)
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, relational databases, and modern web application architecture
• Familiarity with containerized deployments (Docker)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure) and CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions or equivalent)
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable working across time zones and with non-technical stakeholders
• Curiosity about AI/ML and a genuine interest in building AI-powered products
• Experience integrating with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar) in production
• Familiarity with one or more of: agent orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, LangChain), vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate), or RAG architectures
• Experience with modern data infrastructure (Databricks, Snowflake, Airbyte, or similar)
• Experience with workflow automation platforms (n8n, Zapier, Temporal, or similar)

Benefits:

• 4 days week in office with one hybrid/ remote day