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Software Engineer, Public Sector - New Grad
$124K–$162K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Entry level · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Previous Product/Software Engineering internship experience; no number of years specified.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (Computer Science, EECS, Computer Engineering, Statistics).
About the job
Build and ship software for government users, including systems that process federal datasets and support real-time decision-making.
What you'll do
- Develop and deploy data, agent, evaluation, and full-stack systems for public-sector missions.
- Work with government stakeholders to understand needs, deliver features, and iterate.
- Harden applications for secure, air-gapped, and cloud-native government environments.
What they ask for
- Graduation in Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 with a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field.
- Product engineering experience, including building full-stack web apps and integrating APIs and services.
- Previous Product/Software Engineering internship experience.
- Experience processing large volumes of data and with Python, Typescript, React, and/or MongoDB.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with LLMs, evaluations, or agentic systems.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, or data engineering; interest in government or national security technology is also welcomed.
Pay
$124,000 — $162,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Typescript, React, MongoDB, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker
AI focus
Build agent systems and guardrails, RAG pipelines, model evaluation infrastructure, and data and ML systems for government applications.
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