[Hiring] Backend Software Engineer @Northrop Grumman

Role Description

Northrop Grumman is seeking Backend Software Engineers to join the Agent Foundation team within i2 Ecosystem & Experience. You will build the APIs and backend services that support enterprise AI agents. The work includes agent registration, configuration, data storage, administration, and connections to LangSmith. You will develop secure, maintainable software and support it in production.

In this job you will:

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs for agent registration, configuration, versioning, and administration.
• Design database schemas, migrations, and reliable data access.
• Implement authentication, authorization, input validation, and auditable administrative actions.
• Develop background jobs, queues, and event processing with retries and failure recovery.
• Integrate services with LangSmith, model gateways, and enterprise APIs.
• Write automated tests and use logs, metrics, and traces to diagnose production issues.
• Review code, document APIs, and support software releases and maintenance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, data science, or a related STEM discipline with 5 or more years of relevant professional experience—or a master’s degree with 3 or more years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, data science, or a related STEM discipline with 8 or more years of relevant professional experience—or a master’s degree with 6 or more years of relevant experience.
• Experience developing production backend software using Python, TypeScript, Java, C#, Go or comparable languages.
• Experience with APIs (e.g. REST APIs), SQL, relational databases, and schema migrations.
• Experience with queues, caches, scheduled jobs, or asynchronous processing.
• Understanding of service authentication, authorization, and protection of sensitive data.
• Experience with Git, automated testing, debugging, and collaborative software delivery.
• Ability to explain technical decisions clearly and work effectively with other engineers.
• Experience supporting systems in secure government environments, including access controls, security requirements, and controlled change processes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain any security clearance required for the position. U.S. citizenship may be required based on the final clearance determination.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. docker).

Requirements

• Experience with FastAPI, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis or comparable technologies.
• Experience with Azure, containers, and automated deployment pipelines.
• Experience with LangSmith or other AI application tooling.
• Experience building versioned APIs and reusable developer capabilities.
• Experience with developing CI/CD Pipelines.
• Experience implementing authentication and authorization solutions using OIDC and OAuth 2.0.
• Experience with developing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.