Principal AI Developer
Markon Solutions2 months ago
Annapolis Junction, MD, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$120k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead development, evaluation, and transition of AI/ML-enabled mission capabilities in collaboration with customers and mission stakeholders.
- Design, develop, prototype, and operationalize AI-enabled applications that automate complex intelligence processes and accelerate insight generation.
- Apply machine learning, advanced analytics, search, retrieval, and large language model capabilities across diverse mission domains.
- Deliver production-ready solutions from proof of concept through operational deployment.
- Shape technical strategy, engineering best practices, deployment, sustainment, and evolution of AI-enabled mission systems.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline.
- At least 11 years of relevant experience in software engineering or related skill sets.
- Proficiency with object-oriented programming languages, including Java and Python.
- Experience with AI/ML techniques including classification, clustering, collaborative filtering, search, retrieval, deep neural networks, recurrent neural networks, and attention-based transformers.
- Experience with current large language models for representative and generative tasks.
- Experience with Jupyter Notebooks.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, and employee assistance program.
- Training and tuition assistance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Position is based within Markon’s stated employment footprint; no specific remote or hybrid arrangement is stated.
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About Markon Solutions
Markon Solutions provides cyber, digital transformation, and critical intelligence consulting services to U.S. federal agencies, including the Intelligence Community. The privately held firm delivers technology-enabled services such as red teaming, software engineering, and secure infrastructure support across classified programs. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, it operates as a government contractor focused on national security missions and enterprise IT modernization.