Research Engineer I/II/III/IV/V/VI - Washington D.C.
Core
Develop AI/ML capabilities for national security and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) protection, focusing on NLP, LLMs, and autonomous workflows.
Role type
Research Engineer (AI/ML & Systems)
Builds
AI-powered applications, microservices, data pipelines, and secure deployments for government environments.
Domain
National Security / Cybersecurity / Artificial Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | research
Required skills
NLP, LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, API integration, microservices, data pipelines, ETL, vector databases, model deployment, SQL/NoSQL, embeddings, semantic search, cloud platforms (AWS/MS), React/Next.js, security & privacy in AI
Preferred skills
Co-PI experience, grant proposal writing, technical content creation for sponsor briefings
Technologies
AWS, Microsoft Cloud, React, Next.js, SQL, NoSQL
Responsibilities
Train, fine-tune, and evaluate NLP models; build AI agents and autonomous workflows; deploy and monitor models in Department of War environments; collaborate on research proposals and grant funding; document technical findings and vulnerability reports.
Seniority
Entry to Senior (Levels I-VI based on experience)