AI Engineer RESTful APIs Annapolis Junction, Maryland Clearance TS​/SCI Scope Poly

AI Engineer

TS/SCI and Poly is Required

$150,000-$180,000

• Experience building and deploying agentic systems using modern frameworks like Lang Graph, CrewAI, or similar orchestration tools.
• Develop Python applications that leverage multiple AI models and APIs in production
• 3+ years of software development experience with strong Python proficiency.
• Hands‑on experience building production AI applications (not just notebooks or demos).
• Familiarity with modern AI frameworks and tooling (Pydantic AI, Lang Chain, Llama Index, agent frameworks).
• Experience with API development and integration (REST, Graph
  
  QL, streaming APIs).
• Understanding of prompt engineering, structured outputs, and tool/function calling.
• Strong debugging skills and ability to troubleshoot non-deterministic AI behavior.
• Git proficiency and collaborative development experience.
• Self‑directed learner who thrives in ambiguity and rapidly evolving technology.
• Genuine enthusiasm for exploring what's possible at the frontier of AI capabilities.
• Experience with agentic workflows and multi‑agent orchestration.
• Experience with retrieval systems (RAG, vector databases, semantic search).
• Knowledge of AI engineering best practices (evals, observability, deployment patterns).
• Familiarity with multiple AI providers (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, open‑weight models).
• Experience building IDE extensions, CLI tools, or browser extensions with AI features.
• Understanding of data pipelines and structured/unstructured data handling.