Junior AI Software Engineer

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Salary: $90,000–$120,000 per year (estimated)

Location: Remote, US / San Francisco, CA

Working arrangement: Remote-first

Full-time | Permanent

Experience: Graduate / Entry Level

About the opportunity

Via is partnering with a growing AI technology company to recruit a

Junior Software Engineer

to work on AI-powered developer tools and agent-based software.

This is an early-career opportunity designed for

new graduates, junior engineers and developers with up to two years of professional experience

. You don't need years of commercial experience or a background at a major technology company – strong technical projects can demonstrate what you can do.

You'll build real product features across AI agent workflows, APIs, developer tools and browser-based applications, working primarily with

Python, JavaScript and TypeScript

.

The team is particularly interested in candidates who can show something they've actually built, tested and debugged. This could come from a university project, internship, open-source contribution, personal project, deployed application or professional experience.

You'll also work directly with

AI coding agents

, learning how to use them effectively while reviewing their output, identifying failures and maintaining ownership of the final software.

What you'll be doing

• Build features for AI-powered products and developer tools

• Work with Python, JavaScript and TypeScript

• Develop and integrate APIs and browser-based functionality

• Build and improve AI agent workflows

• Use AI coding agents as part of your development process

• Review AI-generated code and identify potential issues

• Take small projects from initial problem through to working implementation

• Write automated tests using tools such as pytest and Playwright

• Test real user journeys and make sure features work end to end

• Investigate bugs and technical failures to identify root causes

• Build regression tests to prevent issues from recurring

• Work with Git and modern software-development workflows

• Improve the reliability and safety of AI-assisted software releases

• Collaborate with experienced engineers and receive direct technical mentorship

What we're looking for

This role is deliberately open to candidates at the beginning of their software engineering careers.

You'll ideally have:

• 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience

  , although professional experience isn't essential

• Working knowledge of

  Python, JavaScript or TypeScript

• Familiarity with Git

• An understanding of web development or APIs

• At least one meaningful software project you can discuss in detail

• Experience building, testing and debugging software

• Some hands-on experience using AI coding tools or coding agents

• Confidence investigating problems rather than simply applying quick fixes

• An interest in AI, developer tooling and agent-based software

• Strong written communication and attention to detail

• A willingness to take ownership of your work and learn quickly

New graduates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Your experience could come from

university coursework, internships, open-source projects, hackathons, personal projects or professional software development

.

Useful but not essential

You don't need experience with everything below, but any exposure to these areas would be valuable:

• MCP or AI agent frameworks

• Agent evaluation or testing

• CLI or developer-tool development

• React or browser-based applications

• pytest or Playwright

• Cloud platforms

• Docker or containers

• CI/CD

• Infrastructure as code

• Open-source development

• Building and deploying your own applications

Why apply?

• Estimated salary of $90,000–$120,000 depending on experience

• Fully remote-first working

• Option to work from San Francisco

• Specifically designed for graduates and early-career engineers

• Direct mentorship while working on production software

• Hands-on experience building AI-native products

• Work with modern AI coding agents and developer tooling

• Own real engineering projects from development through testing and release

• Build experience across backend, APIs, browser applications and AI workflows

• Strong emphasis on practical ability rather than pedigree

• Candidates working under valid OPT are welcome

• Eligible H-1B sponsorship is supported

If you're an early-career software engineer who enjoys building things, experimenting with AI and figuring out why software does—or doesn't—work, we'd like to hear from you.