# Senior AI Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Rockville, MD
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join Leidos' team supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency's Enterprise Digital Modernization Accelerator initiative, deploying enterprise-scale AI, data, and mission platform capabilities. As a Senior AI Engineer, you will:

- Support the development and operationalization of AI and agentic AI systems in production mission environments.

- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to solve complex challenges and deliver innovative algorithms and platforms.

- Apply cutting-edge techniques in statistical analysis, predictive analytics, entity resolution, graph analytics, explainable AI, and operational analytics.

- Contribute to the integration of AI, DevSecOps, data engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity, and observability.

- Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including remote and on-site work in the National Capital Region.

**What You Bring:**

- Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent graduate degree in a quantitative or analytical field.

- 12+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis.

- Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for TS/SCI with Polygraph.

- Demonstrated experience collaborating with hybrid teams.

- Track record of creative problem solving and mission-focused outcomes.

- Experience with AI/ML production engineering, LLMOps/MLOps, RAG architectures, AI orchestration frameworks, Kubernetes-based AI deployments, OpenAI-compatible APIs, Python development, and GPU inference optimization.

**Benefits:**

- Flexible work arrangements, including remote and on-site work.

**Pay Range:** $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

## Skills

### Required
- AI/ML production engineering
- LLMOps/MLOps
- RAG architectures
- AI orchestration frameworks
- Kubernetes-based AI deployments
- OpenAI-compatible APIs
- Python development
- GPU inference optimization

### Nice to have
- LangGraph
- Semantic Kernel
- vLLM
- Ollama
- Ray
- NVIDIA GPU ecosystems
- Vector databases

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