Senior AI/ML Software Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior AI/ML Software Engineer (secure AI chatbot/assistant integration)
• Security clearance: Active U.S. Government TS/SCI

Description

Integrate secure chatbot and AI assistant capabilities into existing geospatial intelligence, analytics, visualization, and mission-support applications. Build natural-language workflows for data discovery, application navigation, visualization generation, and approved actions, using LLM patterns such as prompt orchestration, RAG, tool calling, and conversation context. Enforce identity, entitlements, and data-access policies with citations, provenance, and audit records, then test and operate AI services in Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.

Responsibilities

• Integrate AI chatbots and assistants into geospatial, analytics, visualization, and mission applications
• Create natural-language workflows for discovery, navigation, visualization, and approved actions
• Implement LLM patterns: prompt orchestration, RAG, tool calling, conversation context
• Connect AI services to REST APIs, data catalogs, search platforms, knowledge graphs, geospatial services, notebooks, and dashboards
• Build reusable backend services and frontend components for analyst-friendly AI assistance
• Enforce identity, entitlements, and data-access controls; provide citations, provenance, and audit records
• Evaluate AI quality, safety, latency, and usability; protect against prompt injection, data leakage, and unauthorized actions
• Deploy and operate AI services in Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift, including restricted/disconnected environments

Requirements

• Active U.S. Government Security Clearance at the TS/SCI level
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production applications/services
• Hands-on production experience integrating generative AI/LLMs using RAG, embeddings, vector search, function calling, or agent workflows
• Strong Python skills; experience with one or more modern languages (JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Go, C++, or similar)
• Experience building REST APIs or microservices and using Git with automated testing, CI/CD, and Agile practices
• Experience integrating enterprise data sources with secure identity/authorization and data-protection controls

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package including a robust 401(k) with company match
• Mental health resources and additional perks (student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, pet insurance)