AI Engineer

AI Developer — Generative AI / LLM Engineering

Employment Type: Full-Time - Washington, DC 

About the Role

We are placing a Generative AI Developer with a federal agency. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on moving AI solutions from proof-of-concept into secure, scalable production environments. You will design and deploy LLM-powered applications, RAG pipelines, and agent-based workflows supporting mission-critical federal operations. This role is for engineers who have shipped real systems — not just prototypes.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop LLM-powered applications using modern AI frameworks
  
• Build and optimize RAG pipelines integrating structured and unstructured data
  
• Develop agent-based AI workflows for automation and decision support
  
• Engineer NLP pipelines for classification, summarization, and extraction
  
• Build and maintain backend APIs in Python (FastAPI preferred)
  
• Deploy to Azure cloud (App Services, AKS, Azure AI Search)
  
• Containerize and deploy applications using Docker
  
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines
  
• Optimize for performance, scalability, and reduced hallucination risk
  
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver production-ready AI solutions 
  

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience
  
• 3+ years building AI/ML or Generative AI systems
  
• Strong Python development skills
  
• Hands-on LLM experience (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or similar)
  
• RAG architecture experience
  
• Vector database experience (FAISS, Pinecone, Azure AI Search, etc.)
  
• Production API experience — FastAPI preferred
  
• Docker and containerized deployments
  
• Azure cloud services experience
  
• U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder eligible for Public Trust clearance
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure OpenAI experience
  
• LangChain or Semantic Kernel
  
• Multi-agent AI system design
  
• React or Node.js exposure
  
• Prior federal or regulated environment experience
  
• Mentorship or architecture leadership
  

Requirements

• 8+ years of software development experience
  
• 3+ years building AI/ML or Generative AI systems
  
• Strong Python development skills
  
• Hands-on LLM experience (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or similar)
  
• RAG architecture experience
  
• Vector database experience (FAISS, Pinecone, Azure AI Search, etc.)
  
• Production API experience — FastAPI preferred
  
• Docker and containerized deployments
  
• Azure cloud services experience
  
• U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder eligible for Public Trust clearance