AI Engineer Role
Core
Build and operate systems that turn data, documents, models, and AI services into useful applications and workflows, connecting data pipelines, models, APIs, and human-review paths.
Role type
Senior IC AI Engineer (Systems Engineering)
Builds
Document/content pipelines, predictive/classification/recommendation services, search/RAG applications, workflow/agent-based systems, and evaluation/operations capabilities.
Domain
Federal sector AI and data systems
Required skills
software engineering, structured/unstructured data handling, AI/ML model selection and evaluation, production reliability and observability, system design and integration
Preferred skills
document intelligence, generative AI, RAG, MLOps, security and governance practices
Technologies
OCR, APIs, version control, cloud environments, ML frameworks, vector platforms, container platforms, observability systems
Responsibilities
Design and deploy AI systems integrating data pipelines and models; evaluate and monitor model performance and system behavior; manage incident response and continuous improvement; collaborate with domain experts and operations teams to define system constraints and safeguards.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
