Software Engineer 3 (AI Assisted Developer Tooling)

Overview

BigBear.ai is seeking a Software Engineer 3 to focus on improving the productivity and experience of software developers by building and integrating advanced development tooling. This role emphasizes AI-assisted IDE capabilities, automated code quality workflows, and experimentation with agentic and autonomous systems to support software development tasks. If you are passionate about enhancing developer workflows, leveraging AI to solve complex challenges, and building innovative tools, this is the opportunity for you.

Responsibilities

• Tooling Development: Design and implement AI-assisted IDE and developer tooling capabilities
• Agent Integration: Integrate agent-based systems for repetitive developer tasks such as code reviews, unit test generation, and code quality analysis
• Experimentation: Experiment with autonomous or semi-autonomous agents to assist with development workflows
• Platform Integration: Integrate new tools into existing development platforms and pipelines
• Collaboration: Collaborate with customers and teammates to gather feedback and iterate on solutions
• Effectiveness Measurement: Measure and document the effectiveness of tooling improvements

Qualifications

• Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active TS/SCI w/Polygraph
• Education & Experience:
  • 12 years of experience with a B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional years of experience in place of a degree
• Technical Expertise:
  • Strong software engineering skills in one or more modern programming languages
  • Experience with IDEs, developer tools, or build and test systems
  • Proficiency in Python and Java
  • Hands-on experience with AI- or LLM-powered developer tools, including chat-based interfaces or automated coding agents
  • Ability to prototype, evaluate, and refine experimental tooling
  • Solid understanding of software development workflows and best practices