Applied AI Engineer

2 months ago

Huntsville, AL, USAMid Level

Responsibilities

Design, build, deploy, and optimize production-ready AI solutions with agentic workflows and autonomous orchestration.
Develop AI-enabled applications and services using machine learning techniques, LLMs, scalable cloud architectures, and API-driven services.
Build advanced RAG pipelines with tool integration, reasoning loops, and data retrieval across SQL, vector, document, and graph databases.
Deploy and maintain secure APIs and containerized applications across cloud and on-premise environments.
Work across AI system requirements, data processing, algorithm integration, application development, deployment, and optimization.
Design multi-agent architectures and human-in-the-loop workflows that combine AI decision support with expert oversight.
Translate stakeholder needs into technical requirements and produce engineering documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
At least 3 years of related experience.
Proficiency in Python.
Experience building, deploying, and maintaining secure REST APIs.
Experience with Docker and containerized application deployment.
Experience building AI agents and advanced RAG pipelines, including tool integration, reasoning loops, and data retrieval across database types.
Familiarity with multi-agent architecture patterns.
Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Preferred experience with LLM integration, orchestration, fine-tuning, distillation, and prompt or system design.
Preferred experience deploying AI solutions in secure or regulated cloud environments such as Azure GCC High or AWS GovCloud.
Preferred experience designing human-in-the-loop workflows and using Model Context Protocol or AI tool-calling API workflows.
Ability to communicate complex technical solutions effectively and create clear documentation.

Equal employment opportunity employer that provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.
Work involves a collaborative, fast-paced, and highly regulated environment supporting national security and Warfighter missions.

201-500 employees