Senior AI Software Engineer-TS/SCI clearances (CI poly preferred)
Credence Management Solutions, LLC2 months ago
St. Louis, MO, USA +2 moreSenior
Base Salary
$155k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, prototype, refine, and deploy generative AI and LLM-powered capabilities using retrieval patterns, prompt/context engineering, and secure API integrations.
- Own end-to-end agentic AI development, including model selection, agent design, tool and function calling, orchestration, response synthesis, evaluation, and deployment.
- Design maintainable, testable, and scalable software; conduct code reviews, establish technical patterns, and use AI-assisted development tools responsibly.
- Collaborate with data engineers, software engineers, data scientists, cloud engineers, and mission stakeholders to deliver operational AI and automation solutions.
- Automate secure and repeatable AI deployments using infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and cloud-native services.
- Monitor deployed AI systems, tune performance, and apply reliability and scalability practices.
- Write clean, documented code aligned with industry and federal guidelines and support reproducible development.
- Mentor team members and contribute to technical standards, documentation, design reviews, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- A TS/SCI clearance is required; a CI poly is preferred.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of hands-on software engineering experience, including significant delivery of AI/ML, generative AI, or LLM-powered solutions in production or production-like environments.
- Experience building generative AI applications, working with LLMs, implementing tool or function calling, and applying model evaluation, prompt/context engineering, or retrieval-augmented generation.
- Experience designing or implementing agentic AI solutions with frameworks or platforms such as Agent2Agent Protocol, Bedrock Agents, Mastra, CrewAI, Strands, AgentCore, LangChain, or LangGraph.
- Strong understanding of AI APIs and model platforms including OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Vertex AI.
- Proficiency in TypeScript and familiarity with Nx, Next.js, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK, Playwright, Jest, and Vite.
- Python proficiency and familiarity with uv, Pydantic, FastAPI, CrewAI, LangChain, LangGraph, and Unstructured.
- Curiosity and practical experimentation with emerging AI technologies, responsible innovation, and measurable mission impact.
- Familiarity with GitLab CI pipelines.
- Experience with VS Code and AI extensions such as Cline and Claude Code.
- Strong communication skills and a client-oriented mindset.
- Preferred exposure to data engineering, data science, UI/UX, cloud engineering, or platform engineering.
- Preferred experience with Terraform, Open Tofu, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation for deploying cloud-native applications.
- Preferred knowledge of federal cybersecurity, RMF, FedRAMP, or regulatory frameworks.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision health care plans.
- 401(k) and IRA retirement plans.
- Basic, voluntary, and AD&D life insurance.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and public holidays.
- Maternity and paternity family leave.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Training and development opportunities.
- Wellness resources.
- Full-time, on-site position in Herndon, United States.
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About Credence Management Solutions, LLC
Credence Management Solutions, LLC provides IT consulting, engineering, and mission support to U.S. federal agencies, with emphasis on defense, intelligence, health, and humanitarian programs. It builds and operates secure AI, cloud, cyber, and DevSecOps solutions and delivers program management and systems engineering under government contracts. The privately held firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and supports customers such as the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.