Technical AI Requirements Systems Engineer (Mid/Senior) (Hybrid) - Java/JavaScript/AI/ML
Captivation Software2 months ago
Annapolis Junction, MD, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$130k - $270k/yr
Responsibilities
- Oversee planning, design, implementation, and delivery of a mission-critical enterprise application integrating AI-enabled capabilities.
- Work with customers and stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document functional requirements and convert them into technical specifications.
- Translate high-level requirements into Jira user stories and epics for software development teams.
- Perform hands-on technical execution and functional validation of application features.
- Collaborate with systems engineers, software developers, domain experts, and AI solution stakeholders as a key technical liaison.
- Present AI approaches and explain implementation tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Coordinate AI-driven solution design and development from conception through deployment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- At least five years of experience performing in a Lead Systems Engineer role for a software development team.
- A master’s degree may substitute for two years of experience.
- Current Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable polygraph and U.S. citizenship.
- Familiarity with Java or JavaScript frameworks, RESTful microservices, and cloud-based architecture and deployment using Amazon Web Services.
- Experience eliciting, analyzing, and documenting detailed functional requirements and converting them into technical specifications.
- Experience creating actionable Jira user stories and epics and conducting functional testing.
- Ability to evaluate AI architectures, assess model performance, identify system-level integration tradeoffs, and apply emerging AI/ML capabilities to enterprise applications.
- Experience designing or refining technical artifacts for AI integration is desired.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement.
- Up to 20% 401(k) contribution with no matching requirement and vesting from day one.
- $3,600 HSA contribution.
- Six weeks of paid time off.
- Company-paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and AD&D insurance.
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About Captivation Software
Captivation Software builds custom full-stack web, cloud, and mobile applications and provides DevSecOps consulting for U.S. government and intelligence programs. The privately held company earns revenue through engineering services and prime/subcontract work, delivering analytics, big data, and AI software to mission-focused agencies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, it focuses on projects for the Intelligence Community and defense customers in the Mid-Atlantic.