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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Developer - **Company:** STEAMPUNK INC. - **Location:** McLean, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $145,000.0 - $185,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software Design Patterns, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Machine Learning, Software Product Management, Tensorflow, Software Engineering, User-Centered Design, Google Cloud, Pytorch, Large Language Models, Backend, Containerization, Information Technology, HuggingFace, Machine Learning Operations, Api Design, Serverless Computing, Databricks, Microservices - **Published:** May 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000g3io81 ## About the Role + Ability to hold a position of public trust with the U.S. government. + Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, or a related field. + 8+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, software development, or applied AI product development. + Deep expertise in modern AI frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and relevant orchestration tools. + Proven experience building production-grade generative AI applications, including LLM integration, retrieval pipelines, fine-tuning, embeddings, agents, or multimodal workflows. + Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) including secure architecture patterns, serverless services, containerization, and distributed compute. + Experience developing APIs, microservices, and scalable backend systems that integrate AI capabilities into user-facing applications. + Strong ability to frame technical solutions in the context of mission needs and product strategy; ability to influence feature design and roadmap decisions. + Familiarity with AI governance principles, safety constraints, evaluation frameworks, and compliance considerations for production AI systems. + Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex AI concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, including clients and executives. + Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers, elevating team performance, and establishing engineering best practices. + Preferred certifications: AWS/Azure/GCP ML Specialty **,** Databricks ML Professional **,** NIST AI RMF Practitioner (AISIC) **,** NVIDIA DLI Certifications, or similar advanced AI engineering credentials. ## Description We are seeking an experienced **AI Developer** to serve as a technical authority and product-focused subject-matter expert across our predictive and generative AI solution portfolio. This role will provide expert guidance on the architecture, design, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade AI applications-spanning LLM-powered systems, RAG pipelines, agents, multimodal solutions, and custom machine learning models. The AI Developer / Product SME will work closely with engineering, product, UX, evaluation, governance, and client leadership to define AI capabilities that meaningfully support mission outcomes. Contributions + Serve as the senior technical expert for the design and implementation of production AI systems, advising teams on architecture, model selection, orchestration strategies, and optimal development patterns. + Lead the creation of scalable, reusable AI components, services, and frameworks that accelerate delivery across the organization. + Partner with product teams to translate mission challenges into well-defined AI-enabled features, workflows, and technical requirements. + Provide deep expertise on LLMs, embedding models, fine-tuning techniques, agentic systems, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures. + Guide engineering teams on best practices for prompt engineering, context management, document processing, evaluation-driven iteration, and safe system design. + Collaborate with LLMOps teams to ensure robust deployment patterns, monitoring strategies, inference optimization, and lifecycle management of AI models and pipelines. + Conduct technical reviews, validate solution designs, and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, governance policies, and client goals. + Mentor senior engineers and guide teams through complex AI development challenges with a focus on software engineering excellence and user-centered design. + Stay current with emerging AI technologies, research, frameworks, and foundational models; evaluate their suitability for client missions and incorporate learnings into practice standards. + Act as an expert advisor in client-facing discussions, helping stakeholders understand capability tradeoffs, risks, and opportunities associated with AI solutions. + Contribute to the development of accelerators, design patterns, internal best-practice guides, workshops, and training to expand AI delivery maturity across the practice. ## Related Videos - [Inside the AI Revolution: How Microsoft is Empowering the World to Achieve More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/869-inside-the-ai-revolution-how-microsoft-is-empowering-the-world-to-achieve-more) - [Cutting LLM Costs Without Cutting Quality: How to Beat Proprietary LLMs with Fine-Tuned Open Source](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100151-cutting-llm-costs-without-cutting-quality-how-to-beat-proprietary-llms-with-fine-tuned-open-source) - [Photonic Computing: Programming a New Class of AI Accelerators (incl. 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