Artificial Intelligence Engineer
BeaconFire Inc.
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year
- Must know
- JavaLLMsJavaScriptTypeScriptSQLNoSQL
- Work
- On-site in New York City Metropolitan Area
- Pay
- $62K–$80K a year
- Skill demand
- LLMs68%JavaScript11%Java10%TypeScript8%of 100 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Oct 31, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
BeaconFire is seeking motivated Software Engineers with a strong programming and object-oriented foundation to build scalable, production-ready backend applications and AI-powered solutions. This role focuses on Java software development and Generative AI integration, with Java as the primary backend development environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Full Stack Development:
- Develop scalable web applications using Java 8/17, Spring Boot, SQL, NoSQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Angular 2+, React.js, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Write clean and efficient code, and ensure code maintainability and reusability.
- Conduct Testing to ensure application and reliability.
- Perform code reviews to ensure code quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices.
- Participate in Agile Scrum team and own the full development lifecycle, including project planning, design, implementation, testing, and optimization.
- Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for applications, APIs, and deployment procedures.
- Ship to production: APIs, monitoring/observability, cost/performance optimization, CI/CD, and security best practices.
- Stay up to date with the latest technologies for Java development.
- AI Integration:
- Implement RAG pipelines using Spring AI and LangChain4j with vector database integration.
- Stay up to date with the latest RAG technologies and best practices, including chunking strategies, embeddings, retrieval optimization, and reranking techniques.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Experience in the programming languages Java and JavaScript.
- Decent understanding of the software development life cycle.
- Basic programming skills using object-oriented programming (OOP) languages with in-depth knowledge of common APIs and data structures like Collections, Maps, lists, Sets, etc.
- Knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL), basic SQL query language skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science (CS).
- 0-1 year of practical experience in Java coding.
- Experience using Spring, Maven, React.js, HTML, CSS.
- Knowledge of other contemporary Java technologies (e.g., Weblogic, RabbitMQ, Tomcat, etc.)
- Basic understanding of AI/LLM concepts.
- Spring AI or LangChain4j experience.
- RAG application building or vector database experience.
Compensation: $62,000 – $80,000/year
Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.