AI Engineer- hybrid
Markon Solutions18 hours ago
Annapolis Junction, MD, USASenior
Base Salary
$160k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-enabled applications and agentic workflows for mission and reporting automation.
- Build and integrate multi-agent solutions using large language models, prompt chaining, tool integration, and orchestration frameworks.
- Develop production-quality Python code and integrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise architectures.
- Integrate foundation models through APIs, microservices, and cloud-based services.
- Design, test, and optimize prompts and agent instructions for accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
- Develop evaluation and validation processes for AI-generated outputs and mission requirements.
- Collaborate with software engineers, systems engineers, and stakeholders to translate operational requirements into AI solutions.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and provide technical documentation and recommendations to stakeholders.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related technical field is required.
- Strong Python development experience, including building and maintaining production-quality applications.
- Hands-on experience developing applications with large language models through commercial or self-hosted APIs.
- Experience designing agentic AI workflows, including multi-agent orchestration, prompt chaining, and tool integration.
- Experience with AI orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or comparable technologies.
- Strong prompt engineering skills and experience testing and validating AI-generated outputs.
- Experience integrating AI capabilities into software architectures using APIs and microservices.
- Experience developing and deploying applications in Amazon Web Services environments.
- Desired qualifications include retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, LLM evaluation and observability tools, exploratory data analysis, MLOps or LLMOps, and Intelligence Community or mission-critical workflow experience.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, training and tuition assistance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Hybrid work arrangement with up to three days of telework per week, subject to customer approval.
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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.