1 day ago
Rockville, MD, USA or Reston, VA, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$81k - $139k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build a governed data-access application that enables natural-language exploration of survey data with authentication, authorization, audit logging, and disclosure-risk controls.
- Develop offline-first tools for interviewers and field supervisors that operate on low-end devices and synchronize after intermittent connectivity.
- Integrate AI services and model pipelines through APIs, including MCP connectors for making DHS data available in AI assistants.
- Specify, review, test, and own production code developed with agentic coding tools.
- Design data services and schemas for survey metadata, microdata, and AI-assisted processing results.
- Implement production-ready, well-tested applications and document them for partner-country institutions to operate and publish independently.
- Communicate progress with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including survey experts, program leaders, and partner institutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent with at least 5 years of professional full-stack development experience, or a master's degree with at least 2 years of such experience.
- At least 1 year of experience integrating LLMs into production systems with attention to error handling, security, and reliability.
- At least 1 year of experience with a major cloud platform, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD.
- U.S. citizenship is required by the federal government contract.
- Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and a modern frontend framework such as React, Angular, or Vue.
- Strong backend development experience in Python or another modern language such as JavaScript/Node.js, Go, Java, or C#.
- Experience with relational database design, SQL, and RESTful API design and integration.
- Hands-on experience implementing authentication, authorization, and audit logging in production applications.
- Demonstrated experience using agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot agent mode.
- Preferred experience includes offline-first or low-connectivity applications, role-based data-access or analytics applications, statistical or research workflows, LLM cost and reliability trade-offs, agent frameworks, AI workflow orchestration, MCP servers, AI evaluation tools, multilingual interfaces, and global health or international development.
Benefits
- Remote within the United States.
- Occasional international travel may be required.
- The position is contingent upon award of program funding.
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About ICF
ICF is a global consulting and technology services firm serving government and commercial clients across domains such as energy, health, climate, and digital modernization. It delivers advisory, program implementation, analytics, and software-enabled solutions on platforms like ServiceNow. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, ICF is a public company traded on NASDAQ and works extensively with U.S. federal, state and local agencies as well as regulated industries.