# AI Software Engineer - Expert

**Company**: Dark Wolf
**Location**: Chantilly, VA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $165,000.00 – $200,000.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Dark Wolf is seeking an AI Software Engineer - Expert to lead the technical architecture, optimization, and implementation of high-throughput AI platforms.

You will be responsible for building complex agentic LLM workflows, optimizing model performance for resource-constrained environments, managing multi-cloud architecture, and driving software engineering best practices across development pods.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the architectural execution and implementation of enterprise AI applications and complex agent workflows.

- Optimize model inference speed, memory efficiency, and quantization techniques for air-gapped deployments.

- Design resilient multi-cloud container infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling.

- Establish security scanning frameworks and lead vulnerability remediation efforts across production systems.

- Serve as a technical lead, driving Agile sprint deliverables, managing technical debt, and mentoring engineering teams.

Required Qualifications:

- Clearance: Must be a US Citizen holding an active TS/SCI security clearance with an active Full-Scope Polygraph.

- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field (Master’s degree preferred).

- Experience: 7-10+ years of software engineering and systems architecture experience, with demonstrated leadership.

Technical Competencies:

- AI Frameworks: Advanced knowledge of RAG architectures, framework customization, and orchestration strategies.

- AI Models: Expertise in model quantization, distillation, and custom multi-agent system design.

- Machine Learning: Extensive experience with MLOps pipeline automation, model inference optimization, and deployment lifecycle.

- Programming & Scripting: High-level mastery of Python, C++, Go, and asynchronous programming design.

- Containerization: Deep experience with Kubernetes cluster management, service mesh integration, and orchestration.

- Agile Frameworks: Proven experience acting as a Technical Pod Lead or Scrum Master driving development execution.

- Multi-Cloud Architecture: Multi-cloud systems architecture experience using Terraform and cloud-native frameworks.

- Security Scanning Tooling: Expert knowledge of DevSecOps security integrations, compliance checks, and remediation strategies.

Desired Qualifications:

- Advanced Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

- Proven track record deploying complex AI models in classified, air-gapped intelligence networks.

Target Salary Range: $165,000.00 – $200,000.00 (Commensurate with specialized expertise and technical skillset).

## Skills

### Required
- RAG architectures
- framework customization
- orchestration strategies
- model quantization
- distillation
- custom multi-agent system design
- MLOps pipeline automation
- model inference optimization
- deployment lifecycle
- Python
- C++
- Go
- asynchronous programming design
- Kubernetes cluster management
- service mesh integration
- orchestration
- Terraform
- cloud-native frameworks
- DevSecOps security integrations
- compliance checks
- remediation strategies

### Nice to have
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

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