Junior Software Engineer

About the job

At SmartBear, we believe building great software starts with quality—and we're helping our customers make that happen every day. Our solutions across the SLDC, including Swagger in APIs, BugSnag in Observability, and Zephyr in Testing, all infused with SmartBear AI, bring visibility and automation to software development, making it easier for teams to deliver high-quality software faster. SmartBear is leading the charge to productionize the use of Generative AI throughout the software development lifecycle in ways that go far beyond the chatbots proliferating in UIs everywhere. Beginning with AI integrations into existing products like QMetry, Reflect and Swagger. SmartBear has shown its commitment to using AI to fundamentally drive workflows that users previously did themselves. This approach delivers greater value for customers and increases SmartBear's growth velocity.Go to our product page if you want to know more about SmartBearYou can even have a free trial to check it outJob Responsibility• Build new and ongoing products and services, including MCP framework with Agentic AI offerings, in SmartBear's domains : API Design and Management, Testing and Observability.• Primarily Focused on AI and MCP-style workflows atop SmartBear's existing products.• Rapidly validate the feasibility of new use cases from research ideas• Maintain an appreciation for the end-user product experience and use this knowledge to inform system implementation trade-offs• Perform code reviews across the front-to-back-end stack and ensure a standard of high engineering quality throughout the small, but growing, engineering team.• Deliver working code on-time and own the experience post-production• Measure success and iterate on technical designs to improve the overall product experienceSkills Required :• 2-4 Years of experience in Typescript with Python and exposure to backend frameworks such as Flask or FastAPI, with familiarity (or strong interest) in LLM or agent-based systems (e.g., LangChain / LangGraph)• Experience running services in Docker and deploying to AWS with support from senior engineers. Uses GitHub for version control in a team setting.• Foundational understanding of HTTP and REST APIs, client / server architecture, and modern API concepts (including MCP). Familiarity with NoSQL or vector databases is a plus• Experience in full-stack development, RESTful backend services and frontends using TypeScript with Python with HTML / CSS• Demonstrated ability to complete assigned development tasks as part of a team, including implementing features, fixing bugs, and writing tests• Ability to work from defined requirements, asking clarifying questions and breaking problems into manageable steps, with increasing comfort handling moderately ambiguous tasks over time• Clear and effective communication skills in English.

Requirements

• CSS
• Typescript
• HTML
• Github
• HTTP
• REST APIs
• AWS
• FastAPI
• Python
• NoSQL
• Docker
• Flask

Preferred Technologies

• CSS
• Typescript
• HTML
• Github
• HTTP
• REST APIs
• AWS
• FastAPI
• Python
• NoSQL
• Docker
• Flask

Benefits

• Grow your career at every level.
• Invest in your success.
• Encouragement to take birthdays off.
• Inclusive culture and respect for diverse perspectives.

About the company

At SmartBear, we believe building great software starts with quality—and we're helping our customers make that happen every day.