Description
We are seeking a senior AI Engineer to lead the design, development, and secure integration of AI and machine learning capabilities into mission systems operating on classified networks.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you will establish the architectural patterns, governance alignment, and engineering standards for AI-enabled features across the program, and grow a small team over time.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain AI-enabled applications and services within air-gapped and government cloud environments
- Deploy, serve, and tune large language models and ML models on-premises or in accredited cloud enclaves
- Design retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines and embedding workflows over controlled data sets
- Operationalize the program's AI governance framework
- Support security accreditation activities
- Build and optimize data pipelines feeding AI-driven features
- Establish code quality, testing, and documentation standards for the AI engineering function
- Brief technical approach and results to program leadership and government customers
Required Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph to start
- Security+CE or other IAT Level II or higher certification required to start
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, including 3+ years building or integrating ML/AI capabilities
- Expert-level Python; working proficiency in at least one additional language
- Demonstrated experience deploying or serving LLMs or ML models in disconnected, on-premises, or government cloud environments
- Practical experience with model inference, embeddings, vector search, and prompt engineering in production systems
- Experience with containerization and CI/CD in restricted environments
- Strong understanding of data security, classification handling, and responsible AI practices
- Proven ability to work directly with government customers and translate mission requirements into technical solutions
Benefits
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace