AI Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton11 hours ago
San Antonio, TX, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$99k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Integrate AI models, inference endpoints, agent orchestration components, and autonomous workflows into production software systems.
- Design and implement intelligent AI agent architectures using LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, MCP, or A2A.
- Build RAG solutions with knowledge graphs and fine-tune small language models using ONNX, GGML, or Ollama.
- Integrate LLMs, external APIs, and distributed services using optimized inference workflows.
- Develop AI evaluation frameworks, integration tests, and production validation using ReAct and human-in-the-loop methodologies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable, reliable, secure, and efficient AI functionality.
- Travel up to 25% of the time.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience developing and maintaining production software systems in Python.
- Experience designing and implementing intelligent AI agent architectures using LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, MCP, or A2A.
- Experience building RAG solutions with knowledge graphs and fine-tuning small language models using ONNX, GGML, or Ollama.
- Experience integrating LLMs, external APIs, and distributed services into production environments with optimized inference workflows.
- Experience developing AI evaluation frameworks, integration tests, and production validation using ReAct and human-in-the-loop methodologies.
- Knowledge of secure HTTP APIs, OAuth2, JWT, API keys, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.
- TS/SCI clearance and eligibility for access to classified information.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or data science.
- DoD 8140 baseline Level II certification, such as Security+, CySA+, CISSP, or a DoD Cyber Workforce Framework certification.
- Preferred experience includes supporting DoD clients or other federal mission environments, advanced agentic patterns, chatbot or A2A development, Databricks or Snowflake, and large data processing pipelines.
- A master's degree is preferred.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for Booz Allen benefit programs, with select offerings for employees below that threshold.
- Onsite work in San Antonio, Texas; travel may be required up to 25% of the time.
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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).