Generative AI Software Engineer

Tuknik Government Services, LLC a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Generative AI Software Engineer with a Secret security clearance to support TGS in supporting our government customer in the DC Metro area. This position is for a Future New Business Opportunity.

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.

Tuknik Government Services, LLC Koniag Government Services (KGS) is seeking qualified candidates for this role supporting our U.S. Army customer on a large-scale Army contracting systems modernization and automation program. Builds secure generative AI services and workflow integrations under approved architecture and Responsible AI controls. The engineer implements retrieval, prompt, orchestration, evaluation, and monitoring components that assist users without replacing required Government decisions.

This is a contingent recruiting profile; the opening, employing subsidiary, compensation, work location, and staffing remain subject to final contract authorization.

• Develop generative AI services for approved use cases such as document drafting, policy analysis, knowledge retrieval, summarization, and diagnostic assistance.
• Implement secure integrations between Appian and authorized model endpoints using structured requests and responses.
• Build retrieval-augmented generation workflows using approved authoritative sources, metadata, access controls, and citation requirements.
• Develop prompt templates, orchestration logic, validation rules, guardrails, and exception-handling paths.
• Create automated evaluation suites for accuracy, groundedness, citation quality, safety, latency, cost, and expected behavior.
• Implement role-based access, data minimization, redaction, audit logging, model/prompt versioning, and human-approval controls.
• Package and deploy AI components through approved Dev Sec Ops  pipelines and produce SBOM, test, security, and release evidence.
• Monitor production quality, usage, failures, token or consumption patterns, and user feedback and tune solutions within approved limits.
• Investigate AI-related defects and coordinate corrections with Appian, data, security, API, and product teams.
• Document solution architecture, data flows, prompts, evaluations, operational procedures, and known limitations.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or a related field; additional relevant experience may substitute for education.
• Four or more years of software engineering experience, including practical development with large language models or generative AI services.
• Strong Python or comparable backend development skills and experience with REST APIs, authentication, structured data, testing, and observability.
• Experience implementing retrieval-augmented generation, prompt orchestration, automated evaluations, and secure AI application patterns.
• U.S. citizenship and the active security clearance or eligibility required for the assigned work by the start of performance, with ongoing eligibility thereafter.
• Ability to communicate clearly with Government, technical, and business stakeholders and to maintain accurate work records in approved systems.
• Ability to protect Controlled Unclassified Information and classified information, when assigned, and comply with required access, training, and handling procedures.

• Experience with AWS Bedrock, commercial or Government generative AI platforms, vector search, and agent frameworks.
• Experience integrating AI into Appian or another workflow/case-management platform.
• Knowledge of DoD authorization, CUI handling, responsible AI, and software supply-chain controls.

• Python and AI service development
• Retrieval-augmented generation and prompt engineering
• Automated model evaluation and guardrails
• Secure API integration and observability
• Dev Sec Ops  delivery and technical documentation

Work may occur remotely when authorized, at Government facilities, or in controlled office and data-center environments. Work involving classified information or SIPRNet will be performed at a Government-approved secure location using authorized systems. The role generally supports Government business hours,…