# AI Native Software Developer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Reston, VA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Reston-VA/AI-Native-Software-Developer_R-00195073?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

Leidos is seeking a Jr level, AI Software Developer to join the Airports, Borders, and Security (AB&S) Business Area within the Homeland Sector.

In this position, you will design and implement software solutions independently while working closely with systems engineering, product delivery, and DevSecOps teams.

The primary focus is on developing microservices-based applications that power the platform's Sense → Predict → Orchestrate → Measure operating model, including the AI Detection Algorithm Marketplace used to evaluate and deploy third-party and in-house detection algorithms.

**Responsibilities:**

- Design and build microservices supporting the platform’s Sense → Predict → Orchestrate → Measure model

- Integrate real-time data feeds and contribute to the AI Detection Algorithm Marketplace

- Build and operate adapters/connectors that normalize diverse source schemas

- Deliver features like dynamic staffing allocation, lane management, passenger routing, and predictive maintenance

- Develop calibrated predictive models and integrate LLM/RAG components for explanation and recommendation

- Work in an Agile/SAFe team with systems engineering, DevSecOps, and QA

- Implement privacy-by-design and zero-trust controls

- Write clean, tested code and use AI-assisted tools to speed development and improve quality

- Support troubleshooting, performance tuning, and continuous improvement

**Requirements:**

- BS/BA degree and 5 years related experience OR Master’s with 2 years of related experience; 4 years of related experience in lieu of degree

- Ability to obtain/maintain Public Trust; U.S. citizenship is required

- Hands-on experience with microservices and at least one modern language (Java, Python, C++)

- Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools and/or AI/ML-enabled systems

- Experience with event-driven / streaming architectures and stream or batch data processing

- Experience building and consuming APIs in distributed systems

- Experience enhancing and maintaining existing software systems while preserving operational stability

- Ability to navigate large, complex distributed systems and translate them into higher-level architecture

- Agile experience; understanding of APIs and distributed systems

## Skills

### Required
- microservices
- AI-assisted engineering tools
- AI/ML-enabled systems
- event-driven architectures
- streaming architectures
- data processing
- APIs
- distributed systems
- Agile
- Java
- Python
- C++

### Nice to have
- software development experience supporting border/aviation customer
- SAFe
- Kafka/event streaming
- cloud
- Docker/Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- DevSecOps
- stream processing
- machine learning
- MLOps
- LLM/RAG application development
- infrastructure as Code
- GCP-native services
- observability

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