Senior Applied AI Engineer – Software Engineering with Security Clearance

Join a fast-moving Tactical AI team developing production-quality AI applications that accelerate mission workflows through large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and modern software engineering practices. As part of this dynamic team, you will work directly with mission customers to design and develop AI-powered solutions that solve complex operational challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain production AI-enabled software applications using Python and modern software engineering practices.
• Architect and implement LLM-powered workflows, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, and AI agent capabilities that solve mission problems.

Required Skills

• Production software development experience using Python.
• Experience designing and developing distributed or backend software systems.
• Experience building AI-enabled applications using LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, or similar technologies. Nice to Have:
• Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP), PydanticAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar AI frameworks.
• Experience deploying applications using Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized environments.

Experience Required: 12 years with Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or 16 years without degree Location: Columbia, MD Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph required Salary Range: $204,000 - $247,000