Mid-Level AI Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Mid-Level AI Engineer

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

• Pay range: $130,640–$160,700

Description

Support an IC customer on mission-driven applications by ideating, prototyping, and delivering AI-enabled solutions aligned with stakeholders and existing environments. You will design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications using Next.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, Python, PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch, and use Pydantic (Python) and Zod (TypeScript) for data validation. You’ll build and operate Dockerized services deployed/configured in OpenShift and investigate/resolution production issues across UI, backend, database, and deployments.

Responsibilities

• Ideate, prototype, and deliver AI-enabled solutions aligned with stakeholders and existing application environments

• Design, develop, and maintain full stack applications using Next.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, Python, PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch

• Use Pydantic (Python) and Zod (TypeScript) for data validation

• Build and maintain Docker images and deploy, configure, and troubleshoot applications in OpenShift

• Investigate and resolve production issues across user interface, backend services, database, and application deployment

• Collaborate with customers, product owners, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, identify dependencies, and estimate implementation effort

• Participate in technical design and code reviews, write automated tests, and maintain technical documentation

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Poly

• 9 years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Data Science, and/or Software Engineering (or substitutions: Bachelor’s for 4 years; Master’s for 6 years)

• Strong proficiency with at least one generative AI framework (e.g., LangChain, haystack, LlamaIndex)

• Strong proficiency in prompt engineering and prompt management

• Experience developing agentic AI solutions including MCP, tool development, context engineering, and agent-to-agent (A2A) communication

• Strong proficiency in React.js and TypeScript (functional components, hooks, reusable component design, API integration)

• Strong experience developing backend services and REST APIs using Node.js or Python

• Proficiency with PostgreSQL (relational data modeling, SQL, schema migrations, indexing, query optimization)

• Hands-on experience with Docker (Dockerfiles, building images, troubleshooting containers)

• Strong communication skills to translate business and customer needs into clear technical requirements

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off

• Competitive compensation and learning/development opportunities (pay range: $130,640–$160,700)