Software Design Engineer

Who is Blueprint?

We are a technology solutions firm headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with a strong presence across the United States. Unified by a shared passion for solving complicated problems, our people are our greatest asset. We use technology as a tool to bridge the gap between strategy and execution, powered by the knowledge, skills, and expertise of our teams, who all have unique perspectives and years of experience across multiple industries. We’re bold, smart, agile, and fun.

What does Blueprint do?

Blueprint helps organizations unlock value from existing assets by leveraging cutting-edge technology to create additional revenue streams and new lines of business. We connect strategy, business solutions, products, and services to transform and grow companies.

Why Blueprint?

At Blueprint, we believe in the power of possibility and are passionate about bringing it to life. Whether you join our bustling product division, our multifaceted services team or you want to grow your career in human resources, your ability to make an impact is amplified when you join one of our teams. You’ll focus on solving unique business problems while gaining hands-on experience with the world’s best technology. We believe in unique perspectives and build teams of people with diverse skillsets and backgrounds. At Blueprint, you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple clients and teams, such as data science and product development, all while learning, growing, and developing new solutions. We guarantee you won’t find a better place to work and thrive than at Blueprint.

In This Role

You will be part of a forward-thinking, agile team focused on building a cutting-edge research knowledge reasoning platform powered by large language models and advanced reasoning systems. This platform is designed to revolutionize how organizations analyze data, derive insights, and make evidence-based decisions. Your work will directly contribute to building scalable reasoning processes, developing intuitive interfaces, and shaping intelligent systems that democratize and accelerate research workflows across industries.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement transparent and trustable research reasoning processes, including reasoning operations, runtime systems, and data structures.

• Build and deploy scalable indexes using NoSQL, Graph, and vector databases to support both human-authored and AI-generated research insights.

• Develop and optimize interactive user interfaces that blend chat-based AI agents with dynamic data visualization components.

• Collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers to refine product requirements, implement features, and integrate user feedback into ongoing development.

• Lead and contribute to the development of LLM-driven applications, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.

• Develop robust telemetry and monitoring tools to track system performance and AI behavior, using this data to drive product quality improvements.

• Translate A/B testing and experiment data into actionable insights by designing efficient data pipelines.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience: 2–4 years of professional experience in software engineering or a related field.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.

• Programming:

  • Minimum of 3 years experience with Python.

  • Minimum of 2 years experience with engineering in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, or JavaScript.

• Cloud Experience: At least 2 years working with Microsoft Azure cloud technologies.

• Time Zone Availability: Must be able to work within Pacific Standard Time (PST) hours.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in LLM application development or RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) systems (1+ years preferred).

• Proficiency in designing and implementing LLM evaluation frameworks.

• Hands-on experience with graph databases, NoSQL, and ML vector databases.

• Proven ability to scale and manage infrastructure on the Azure platform.

• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments and delivering high-quality code.

• Strong background in telemetry integration and data-driven decision-making.

• Experience collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams (e.g., PMs, researchers, UX designers).

Salary Range 

Pay ranges vary based on multiple factors including, without limitation, skill sets, education, responsibilities, experience, and geographical market. The pay range for this position reflects geographic based ranges for Washington state: $62,000 - $72,000 USD/annually. The salary/wage and job title for this opening will be based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience and may be outside this range. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Blueprint Technologies, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, orientation, veteran/military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital, or familial status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other status protected by law. 

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please reach out to: recruiting@bpcs.com 

Blueprint believes in the importance of a healthy and happy team, which is why our comprehensive benefits package includes: 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage 
• Flexible Spending Account 
• 401k program 
• Competitive PTO offerings 
• Parental Leave
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

Location: Remote; working PST hours.