AI Solutions Engineer

Job ID: 2614654

Location: Washington, DC, US

Date Posted: 2026-07-16

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Cloud Comp Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC has an exciting opportunity for an AI Solutions Engineer to help us transform the way work is done for one of our major government clients. The AI Solutions Engineer will assist with building the AI capabilities used by end-users, administrators, and the application development community. Our client is committed to a journey that will modernize hundreds of legacy applications with unprecedented speed, digitize low-to-no-tech business processes, and outfit the organization with cutting edge tools for planning and decision making. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in traditional application development practices, expertise configuring an agentic harness, and an understanding of the business challenges associated with adopting AI.

This position is a fully onsite role at the customer location in Washington, DC.

Experience with frontier models and tools such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or Cursor is essential.

• Design and configure enterprise AI tools such as agentic harnesses and chatbots.
• Define and refine strategies for efficient token usage.
• Support the AI-enabled development of mission applications by troubleshooting integration issues, API errors and system reliability concerns.
• Train the user community on best practices, limitations and advanced capabilities.
• Recommend new options to executives as industry capabilities evolve.
• Monitor the service health and cost associated with AI usage.

Qualifications

• ?15 years of IT experience, Bachelor's degree in related field. Degree may be substituted with 6 additional years of related experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience developing applications experience.
• Extensive knowledge of database, middleware, and front-end technologies.
• Proven track record of application engineering, providing strategic direction, and fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide technical assistance, engage with stakeholders, and effectively coordinate with application developers and third-party vendors.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust, citizenship or with 3 years residency required.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .