AI Software Developer (Mid-level) - TS/SCI with Polygraph
General Dynamics Information Technology21 days ago
Chantilly, VA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$140k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain AI-enabled software applications in air-gapped and accredited government cloud environments.
- Implement locally hosted LLM features including retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, summarization, and classification.
- Build and maintain data pipelines with appropriate classification handling and data hygiene.
- Integrate AI capabilities with existing systems and workflows using REST APIs and structured data formats.
- Write clean, testable, and documented code; participate in code reviews and follow engineering standards.
- Implement logging, audit, and evaluation instrumentation required by the program’s AI rules of engagement.
- Support deployment, monitoring, model updates, and iterative improvement of AI-enabled systems.
- Collaborate with program staff and stakeholders to translate requirements into working software.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required or in process, and U.S. citizenship.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- At least 2 years of professional software development experience.
- Strong Python proficiency and working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or another additional language.
- Hands-on experience applying AI/ML concepts in real projects, including model inference, embeddings, vector search, or prompt engineering.
- Experience with REST APIs, JSON, SQL, and Git.
- Ability to work in restricted or disconnected development environments.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills and ability to work full time onsite in a SCIF.
- Preferred experience with Llama, Mistral, Hugging Face Transformers, vLLM, Ollama, PyTorch, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Azure Government, AWS GovCloud, data security, classification handling, responsible AI, or NRO/IC programs.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account, and 401(k) plan options with company match.
- Paid vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel insurance offerings.
- Full flex work weeks where possible and wellness packages.
- Full-time onsite work in Chantilly, Virginia; 40 scheduled hours per week and no travel required.
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About General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) delivers enterprise IT, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, and software engineering services to U.S. federal agencies, including defense and intelligence organizations. It provides contract-based professional and managed services ranging from network operations and unified communications to training and simulation. GDIT is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.