AI Platform Engineer Sr; API expert

Position: AI Platform Engineer Sr (API expert)
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* Description:

** The Lockheed Martin Artificial Intelligence Center  LAIC  is seeking a Platform focused AI Engineer to drive the development of our internal AI Factory  As an AI Platform Engineer, your primary product is the platform itself  You will be responsible for building the robust back end services, intuitive front end interfaces, and seamless API contracts that enable AI/ML practitioners to deploy GenAI and MLOps workloads at scale

We are looking for a "Force Multiplier"-an engineer who not only builds AI platforms but effectively leverages AI tools and autonomous agents to accelerate their own development lifecycle and improve code quality

Key Responsibilities

 API First Development:
Design, implement, and maintain high performance RESTful APIs that serve as the backbone for AI model orchestration and resource management

 Full Stack Ownership:
Develop end to end features, from building responsive React/Next js front ends to engineering scalable Python/Go back end services

 Platform Design & Governance:
Collaborate on the design of AI Platform components, ensuring that internal services are modular, discoverable, and capable of supporting LLM, RAG, and Agentic workflows

 AI Augmented Engineering:
Proactively integrate AI coding assistants  e g , Open Code, Cline, Roo, Cursor  and custom LLM agents into your daily workflow to automate boilerplate, generate tests, and conduct initial code reviews

 Service Integration:
Bridge the gap between low level Kubernetes infrastructure and high level user interfaces by creating middleware that abstracts complexity for the end user

 System Architecture:
Optimize the data flow between front end dashboards, back end metadata stores  Postgre

SQL/Redis , and the underlying GPU accelerated compute clusters

** What's In It For You*
* From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus  if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you

LMLAIC

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* -Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

-Experience building and maintaining production backend services in a modern language  e g , Python, Go, Java, C  

-Experience designing, implementing, and operating REST APIs in production

-Experience deploying and operating containerized services in Kubernetes

-Experience collaborating across teams to deliver software from design through production

-Must be a US Citizen

** Desired

Skills:

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- Experience with GenAI or ML platform engineering: model serving, evaluation infrastructure, prompt/RAG lifecycle or MLOps tooling

-Full stack experience with modern frontend frameworks  React, Angular, or Next js  for UI contributions

-Backend framework experience with FastAPI, Flask, Gin, or Spring Boot

-Working knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC authentication patterns

- Experience with API contracts and documentation standards  OpenAPI/Swagger

-Track record using AI coding assistants  Claude Code, Codex, etc   to ship production work

-Experience operating multi tenant platforms or internal developer tools

-Exposure to infrastructure as code and Git Ops workflows

** Clearance Level:
** None

** Other Important Information You Should Know*
* ** Expression of Interest:
** By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match   Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings

** Ability to Work Remotely:
** Full time Remote Telework:
The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site  Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings

** Work Schedules:
** Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees   Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed   These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits

** Schedule for this Position:
** 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

** Pay Rate:
** The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $125,100    $216,890  For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location  Please note that the salary information is a general…