AI Engineer

ITC is a Woman Owned Small Business delivering exceptional consultation to the U.S. Government in Systems/Software Engineering Cybersecurity Solutions Mission Operations/INTEL Analysis and Management Services in order to enable our customers to solve the most challenging problems. With continued growth comes opportunity and we are currently searching for a Top-Secret SCI with polygraph-cleared Expert-level AI Engineer.

As a Mid-level AI Engineer you will be supporting an IC Customer working on mission driven applications. Candidates in this role will:

• Ideate prototype and deliver AI-enabled solutions in alignment with stakeholders and existing application environments.
• Design develop and maintain full stack applications using TypeScript FastAPI Python PostgreSQL and OpenSearch.
• Use Pydantic (Python) and Zod (TypeScript) for data validation.
• Build and maintain Docker images and deploy configure and troubleshoot applications in OpenShift.
• Investigate and resolve production issues across the user interface backend services database and application deployment.
• Work with customers product owners and other stakeholders to clarify requirements identify dependencies and estimate implementation effort.
• Participate in technical design and code reviews write automated tests and maintain technical documentation.

** Hybrid schedule with the expectation of 2-3 days on-site per week. Location options: Annapolis Junction MD; Washington DC; Reston VA

• TS/SCI with Poly required.
• Strong proficiency with at least 1 generative AI framework which includes but is not limited to: LangChain haystack by deepset and LlamaIndex among others.
• Strong proficiency in prompt engineering and prompt management.
• Experience with developing agentic AI-solutions including MCP tool development context engineering and agent-to-agent (A2A) communication.
• Strong proficiency in and TypeScript including functional components hooks reusable component design and API integration.
• Strong experience developing backend services and REST APIs using or Python.
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL including relational data modeling SQL schema migrations indexing and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Docker including writing Dockerfiles building images and troubleshooting containers.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to translate business and customer needs into clear technical requirements
• 9 years of relevant experience in Computer Science Data Science and/or Software Engineering roles or a highly related field of work with similar scope and responsibilities.
• A Bachelors degree may be substituted for 4 years of experience and a Masters Degree may be substituted for 6 years of experience.

Benefits for this position include:

• 401K plan with company contributions (safe harbor and profit sharing)
• 11 Federal holidays 21 Days PTO
• Medical Dental & Vision with substantial company contributions
• Company provided Life LTD and STD Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts/ Flexible Spending Accounts
• Referral Bonuses
• Performance Bonuses
• Tuition Assistance for Education Training and Professional certifications
• Career Development

Desired:

• Experience with AWS products.
• Experience with AI observability platforms such as Langfuse and LangSmith.
• Experience developing with agentic AI coding harnesses such as Codex.
• Experience with AI SDK and FastMCP.
• Familiarity with software development within the Department of War.
• Familiarity with Linux environments and Kubernetes concepts.
• Experience improving application security accessibility performance and reliability.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and coordinating with product operations and security teams.

Many factors can influence final salary including but not limited to relevant prior work experience specific skills and competencies education and certifications. Final salary can also be influenced by a positions geographic location Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates.

The salary Range for this position is: $00

ITC is an Equal Opportunity employer. Qualified applicants or employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion ethnic or national origin ancestry age sex sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy (including childbirth or related condition) citizenship familial status mental or physical disability status veteran status genetic information other non-disqualifying disability or any other characteristic protected by law.