Full Stack Software Engineer
BigBear.ai2 years ago
Columbia, MD, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimize scalable infrastructure for AI model inference.
- Develop and maintain production AI services and applications, including retrieval-augmented generation and autonomous-agent systems.
- Solve ambiguous problems and define solutions for underspecified systems and requirements.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code principles.
- Ensure high availability, reliability, performance, and security of AI platform components.
- Drive adoption of new technologies and practices across engineering teams.
- Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to junior engineers.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required.
- Eight years of experience with a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, or four additional years of experience in place of a degree.
- Proficiency in Java and Python, including strong Python programming skills.
- Experience building and maintaining production systems at scale and optimizing high-volume web applications.
- Strong systems integration experience across diverse technologies and platforms.
- Hands-on AWS cloud engineering experience.
- Proficiency with Kubernetes administration and deployment patterns.
- Experience implementing observability solutions using APM, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Strong change-management, organizational-influence, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Preferred experience with AI inference serving technologies such as vLLM and LiteLLM.
- Preferred experience with agentic frameworks such as LangChain.
- Knowledge of vector databases and embedding systems is preferred.
- Experience with high-performance computing or distributed systems is preferred.
About BigBear.ai
BigBear.ai develops AI-powered decision intelligence software, computer vision, and modeling/simulation tools for U.S. defense, intelligence, federal civilian, and critical-infrastructure markets. It sells software platforms and contract services, often deployed in secure government clouds, to support mission planning, logistics, and cybersecurity. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company listed on the NYSE under the ticker BBAI.