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Senior AI Software Engineer

Chantilly, VA💼 Full-time💰 $130,000–$130,000🗓 2026-08-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, build, and integrate AI/ML solutions and microservices for defense and intelligence missions, including fine-tuning models and deploying secure software.

Role type

Senior AI Software Engineer (IC)

Builds

AI/ML solutions, RAG applications, containerized microservices

Domain

Defense & Intelligence, Cloud Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, C++, LLM fine-tuning, RAG pipeline development, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS GovCloud, CI/CD security scanning

Preferred skills

Kubernetes Certified Administrator (CKA), AWS Certified Developer/Architect, high-assurance government project experience

Technologies

LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, Azure GovCloud

Responsibilities

Fine-tune open-source and proprietary AI models for mission requirements; Develop RAG pipelines and vector search integrations; Build and manage containerized microservices; Integrate automated security scanning tools into CI/CD pipelines; Mentor junior developers and conduct technical reviews

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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