Applied AI Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton1 day ago
McLean, VA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$78k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Train, test, deploy, and maintain machine learning models for national security applications.
- Define solution direction and select best-fit ML algorithms and technologies.
- Rapidly prototype, develop, and iterate on AI solutions such as chat systems, user-facing applications, and domain-specific copilots.
- Translate mission needs into refined, business-facing AI capabilities with Mission Integration teams and product stakeholders.
- Evaluate and tune AI outputs, including prompts, retrieval logic, custom heuristics, safety, and hallucination mitigation.
- Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, solutions architects, MLOps engineers, and customers to deliver large-scale AI solutions.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in software engineering, applied AI and ML, or full-stack development.
- Experience developing use-case-specific AI solutions and adapting them across domains and operational requirements.
- Top Secret clearance and eligibility to access classified information.
- Bachelor's degree.
- Preferred experience with human-in-the-loop evaluation, AI red teaming, conversational interface assessment, React, TypeScript, analytical dashboards, UX for conversational AI, Python, FastAPI, Flask, Streamlit, or Gradio.
- Security+ certification is preferred.
Benefits
- Benefits include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement programs; paid leave; professional development; tuition assistance; work-life programs; dependent care; and recognition awards.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for the company's benefit programs, while employees below that threshold receive select offerings.
- Employees working virtually are generally expected to keep cameras on during meetings, and remote roles may occasionally require work at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
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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).