AI Engineer - SME- CLEARANCE and POLYGRAPH REQUIRED

11 hours ago

Columbia, MD, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$100k - $180k/yr

Responsibilities

Provide technical advisory support for the design, evaluation, and advancement of applications, tools, and workflows.
Design, build, integrate, or evaluate AI/ML-enabled applications and software tools.
Develop or assess LLM-based applications, RAG systems, prompt-engineering solutions, agentic systems, and AI-assisted workflows.
Use or evaluate agentic and orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, Haystack, or LlamaIndex.
Apply software development fundamentals, APIs, data handling, and system integration practices.
Assess technical tradeoffs and communicate recommendations to engineers and government stakeholders.
Support defense, cyber, intelligence, or mission application development where applicable.

U.S. citizenship is required.
An active TS/SCI security clearance and active polygraph are required.
A current CI polygraph completed within the last seven years is required.
Requires 18 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, including experience providing technical advisory support for application, tool, and workflow design, evaluation, and advancement.
Requires a degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
Requires experience designing, building, integrating, or evaluating AI/ML-enabled applications or software tools.
Requires familiarity with LLM-based applications, RAG, prompt engineering, agentic systems, and AI-assisted workflows.
Requires working knowledge of one or more agentic or orchestration frameworks, including LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, Haystack, or LlamaIndex.
Requires experience with software development fundamentals, APIs, data handling, and system integration.
Requires the ability to assess technical tradeoffs and communicate clearly with engineers and government stakeholders.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
Preferred qualifications include Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, vector databases, embeddings, model APIs, evaluation frameworks, agent testing harnesses, model hosting, inference pipelines, cloud-based AI development environments, secure AI development, data protection, AI assurance, and evaluation methodologies.

Affordable healthcare with 80% employer-paid premiums and a company-funded HSA.
Comprehensive dental insurance and vision insurance with 80% employer-paid premiums.
Employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance at 100%.
Annual training, continued education, professional membership reimbursement, and paid time off for training.
Unlimited access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and AWS training and accreditation.
Annual reimbursement for technology such as phones, computers, and printers.
401(k) with company match up to 5% and 100% immediate vesting after 90 days of employment.
Contract and work locations are available in Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Florida, and Hawaii.
Team-building events, leadership engagement, mentorship, performance recognition, and complimentary branded apparel are provided.

51-200 employees