Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coforma is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to build and support a retirement benefits management system for federal government employees. The role combines full-stack application engineering with AI and machine learning development, including secure, accessible applications and AI-powered workflows.
Responsibilities
- Build modular, responsive web applications using React and/or Vue.js in alignment with accessibility and UX best practices
- Design and implement secure, scalable APIs using TypeScript, ASP.NET Core, or Java (Spring Framework)
- Integrate with enterprise systems via SOAP/RESTful APIs with robust error handling
- Implement authentication, authorization, and secure configuration in accordance with client agency security policies
- Optimize database access and performance using SQL Server and Entity Framework Core
- Add observability through structured logging, metrics, and tracing and support incident response with clear runbooks
- Design and implement AI agents and large language model (LLM)-powered applications that automate and enhance retirement data workflows
- Build, evaluate, and maintain machine learning models for classification, prediction, and anomaly detection
- Integrate LLMs into production systems using prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic frameworks
- Develop and maintain data pipelines that ingest, validate, and transform large-scale structured and unstructured data
- Apply explainable AI practices appropriate for a regulated, auditable government environment
- Track model performance and manage the machine learning (ML) lifecycle using tools such as MLflow
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, conduct code reviews, and contribute to release planning and documentation
- Work across technical and policy teams to translate business requirements into reliable, AI-driven solutions
- Uphold software engineering best practices such as version control, CI/CD, testing, and peer review across both application and AI workstreams
Skills
- Full-time resident of the contiguous United States (must be legally authorized to work in the US now and in the future without sponsorship)
- Proficiency in React, Vue.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, ASP.NET Core, and Java (Spring Framework)
- Strong SQL skills and experience with SQL Server as well as familiarity with EF Core
- Experience with enterprise integrations including message queues, database RPC, REST, and SOAP APIs
- Deep knowledge and strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and security best practices
- Hands-on experience building or deploying LLM-based solutions (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, or open-source models)
- Familiarity with agentic AI patterns (tool use, planning, memory, and multi-step reasoning)
- Experience with RAG pipelines, vector databases, and embedding-based retrieval
- Professional experience using coding agents such as CoPilot or Claude Code
- Effective prompt engineering and experience evaluating LLM outputs for reliability and correctness
- 8+ years of experience building applications with open-source programming languages
- 8+ years of experience working with modern frameworks, libraries, or runtimes
- 8+ years of experience working with APIs and databases of various types
- 8+ years of experience working with infrastructure tools and Infrastructure as Code
- Experience developing software in a remote environment
- Experience working in the digital services, federal government, or federal government contracting industries
Benefits
- Fully remote position
- Benefits (no specific benefits listed)
- Growth potential
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