AI Data Engineer

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Guidehouse is seeking an AI Engineer to support the design development validation and deployment of production-grade AI-enabled applications for DoW Federal clients. This role will translate operational workflows mission needs and enterprise data assets into secure scalable and reliable AI systems.

The AI Engineer will work closely with functional SMEs architects data scientists product managers and technical delivery teams to build AI-enabled applications retrieval workflows evaluation frameworks and decision-support capabilities. This role is focused on delivering working systems not research prototypes and must support explainable auditable and operationally reliable AI outputs in regulated and mission-sensitive environments.

What You Will Do

• Design build and deploy AI-enabled applications that support real operational workflows and decision-making for DoW federal and enterprise environments.

• Develop application logic that integrates AI models APIs data pipelines user interfaces and enterprise systems.

• Implement retrieval-augmented generation semantic search embeddings vector databases prompt strategies and agent-based workflows where appropriate.

• Integrate structured and unstructured enterprise data sources into AI-enabled applications.

• Build orchestration workflows that connect foundation models machine learning services tools APIs and secure enterprise environments.

• Develop evaluation frameworks to measure AI output quality grounding accuracy traceability and failure modes.

• Implement guardrails validation checks fallback logic and human-in-the-loop review points to support reliable AI behavior.

• Support training tuning evaluation and validation of AI or machine learning models using enterprise data while ensuring outputs remain defensible explainable and aligned to approved methodologies.

• Develop secure APIs backend services dashboards visualizations and integration components for AI-enabled analytic tools and decision-support platforms.

• Implement monitoring logging observability model performance tracking and cost controls for AI systems in operation.

• Advise on model transparency explainability auditability data governance information assurance and access controls required for secure DoW and federal deployment.

• Collaborate with functional SMEs to translate business needs mission requirements workflow requirements review expectations and operational constraints into technical requirements.

• Contribute reusable AI components accelerators reference architectures and delivery patterns for future enterprise and federal AI implementations.

• Support demonstrations pilots proofs of value testing deployment readiness and user acceptance activities with internal and client stakeholders.

What You Will Need

• US Citizenship Required

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED SECRET Federal or DoD security clearance.

• Bachelors degree obtained or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience designing building or deploying AI-enabled applications analytic tools decision-support systems or machine learning solutions.

• Strong software engineering fundamentals including APIs backend services data pipelines system integration and production deployment practices.

• Applied experience with machine learning generative AI large language models retrieval-augmented generation embeddings vector databases semantic search or prompt engineering.

• Experience deploying applications or analytic services in cloud or enterprise environments using CI/CD version control testing and secure development practices.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Experience supporting DoW federal national security or large enterprise technology modernization programs.

• Experience developing or deploying AI-enabled applications in secure DoW or federal cloud environments.

• Experience with AI-enabled analytics predictive modeling forecasting scenario analysis workflow automation or decision-support platforms.

• Experience implementing model transparency explainability auditability and traceability controls for AI-generated recommendations or analytic outputs.

• Experience designing dashboards visualizations or user-facing applications for complex analytical workflows.

• Understanding of information assurance cybersecurity access controls and secure deployment considerations for DoW federal or enterprise environments.

• Experience with Python FastAPI LangChain LlamaIndex Azure AI AWS Databricks Snowflake vector databases containerized deployments or related AI engineering tools.

• Experience contributing reusable components accelerators or reference architectures for enterprise AI delivery.

• Prior experience supporting demonstrations pilots proofs of value testing deployment readiness or user acceptance activities with DoW or federal client stakeholders.

• Ability to move AI solutions from concept or prototype into production-ready services.

• Understanding of evaluation approaches for AI systems including accuracy testing grounding validation failure analysis and human review workflows.

• Familiarity with data quality challenges structured and unstructured data integration and enterprise data governance.

• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to functional SMEs product owners architects and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong structured problem-solving skills and ability to design systems that are reliable explainable secure and operationally usable.

• Comfort operating in regulated audit-sensitive federal or DoW environments.

Estimated Support Level

Full-time support approximately 1.0 FTE during solution design data integration AI application development evaluation testing deployment and user acceptance. Support level may flex based on delivery phase with heavier involvement during architecture build evaluation and production readiness activities.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical Rx Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity EmployerProtected Veterans Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law ordinance or regulation.

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