Principal Software Engineer — AI-Assisted Developer Tooling

Job overview

The Principal Software Engineer — AI-Assisted Developer Tooling role is onsite full time in Laurel, MD, with a salary range of $200,000–$280,000 per year. GliaCell Technologies provides software and systems engineering, enterprise technology, and cybersecurity solutions; this position supports a U.S. Government customer. The role builds and integrates AI-assisted development tools to improve software developers’ productivity and experience while sustaining mission-related software and systems. It contributes through developer workflow automation, tool integration, experimentation, and evaluation of tooling effectiveness.

What you'll do

• Design and implement AI-assisted IDE and developer tooling
• integrate agent-based systems for code reviews, unit test generation, and code quality analysis
• experiment with autonomous or semi-autonomous agents
• integrate tools into development platforms and pipelines
• collaborate with customers and teammates
• measure and document tooling effectiveness.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

principal software engineer

ai-assisted developer tooling

laurel md

gliacell technologies

ts/sci with polygraph

u.s. citizenship

ai developer tools

ide tooling

automated code review

unit test generation

$200k–$280k per year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid time off
• federal holidays
• 401(k) contribution
• discretionary, certification, and sign-on bonus potential
• professional development
• life and disability insurance
• employee assistance program
• technology budget
• additional listed programs.

Why this role

Requires U.S. citizenship and an active or reinstatable TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance. The posting also lists work-from-home opportunities among benefits, while specifying this position as onsite full time in Laurel.

About the employer

GliaCell Technologies is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.