2 days ago
Huntsville, AL, USA +2 moreEntry Level / Mid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$108k - $195k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build LLM-based agents, reasoning services, planning and inference systems with human oversight, auditability, and fail-safe behavior.
- Develop autonomy software and integrate it with sensors, platforms, and hardware across edge and cloud environments.
- Build platform software including APIs, SDKs, data and knowledge services, and user-facing applications.
- Create reusable, secure, documented software assets and contribute to platform standards, reusable patterns, and technical-debt reduction.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, secure release evidence, observability, reliability, and incident-response capabilities.
- Use and help teams adopt AI-assisted development tools and evaluate emerging AI, autonomy, and developer-productivity technologies.
- Collaborate with program teams and architects to convert customer needs into repeatable capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, with additional experience potentially substituting for the degree.
- At least 4 years of experience for the early-career level, 8 years for the mid level, or 12 years for the senior level.
- Hands-on software development experience in Python, C++, Rust, Java, Go, or TypeScript.
- Experience building AI/ML-enabled or autonomous systems through professional work, academic work, or personal projects.
- Working knowledge of Git-based workflows, CI/CD, automated testing, and DevSecOps practices.
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with LLM agents, agent frameworks, evaluation harnesses, retrieval and data pipelines, robotics, perception, planning, control, sensor fusion, simulation, ROS 2, DDS, edge or embedded systems, real-time software, Linux, GPU programming, developer platforms, cloud, containers, infrastructure as code, software supply chain security, static analysis, security scanning, responsible AI, or federal and defense missions.
Benefits
- The role may be based in Northern Virginia, Huntsville, San Diego, or near another Leidos facility.
- Onsite work at a Leidos facility is required as business needs dictate.
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About Leidos
Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.