Java AI Engineer
BeaconFire Inc.
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year
- Must know
- JavaJavaScriptTypeScriptSQLNoSQLHTML
- Work
- On-site in New York
- Pay
- $62K–$80K a year
- Skill demand
- Java46%SQL33%JavaScript23%TypeScript20%of 100 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 12, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
BeaconFire is an IT consulting firm offering a project-based role for engineers to contribute to high-impact assignments across various technical environments and industries.
Key Responsibilities
- 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, efficient, and maintainable code.
- Conduct testing to ensure application reliability.
- Perform code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to best practices.
- Participate in Agile Scrum teams, owning the full development lifecycle.
- Create and maintain technical documentation for applications, APIs, and deployment procedures.
- Ship to production, focusing on APIs, monitoring/observability, cost/performance optimization, CI/CD, and security best practices.
- Stay updated with the latest Java development technologies.
- Implement RAG pipelines using Spring AI and LangChain4j with vector database integration.
- Stay updated with the latest RAG technologies and best practices, including chunking strategies, embeddings, retrieval optimization, and reranking techniques.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Experience with one or more OOP programming languages, including Java, C++, C#, Kotlin, or similar languages.
- 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.
Candidates must be open to relocation within the United States (e.g., CA, TX, NY).
Compensation $62,000 – $80,000/year.
Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.