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# Senior Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer (SWE-3)

- **Company:** Leidos, Inc.
- **Location:** Odenton, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $107,900.0 - $195,050.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Data Stores, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Scrum Methodology, Jupyter Notebook, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, Gitlab, Git, Pyspark, Kubernetes, HuggingFace, Atlassian Tools, Software Version Control, Automation Anywhere, AWS EKS, Docker
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9056497/senior-artificial-intelligence-ai-engineer-swe-3

## About the Role

Seeking a to support the Technology Trending Solutions mission, leading the design, development, and deployment of mission-critical AI and analytics solutions within a highly governed environment. The ideal candidate has deep experience implementing analytic governance (e.g., AVG) and AI governance frameworks (e.g., AAA), and can ensure all models, data, and workflows are compliant, auditable, and aligned with customer and enterprise policy. The Senior AI Engineer will integrate advanced AI capabilities through APIs such as OpenAI and AWS Bedrock, and build intuitive front-end experiences using technologies like EX, AWS Amplify and React. The role requires hands-on expertise with analytic development environments and cloud-native platforms (e.g., GMLearn, Container Yard, AWS SageMaker, AWS EKS), as well as strong agile delivery skills using Scrum or Kanban and tools such as Jira and Confluence. The candidate must be highly proficient with modern version control and model/code management
using Git, GitLab, Hugging Face, Bailo (or similar), and demonstrate a proven track record of driving AI solutions from concept through governed production deployment in sensitive, mission-focused environments.

 * : Collaborate closely with customers to build AI workflows and develop analytics based off artifacts to use AI to flag data of interest and summarize.
 * : Creatively leverage disparate data to fill knowledge gaps in user activities, collection efforts, and technology discovery.
 * : Bachelor's degree plus eight (8)years of relevant experience or equivalent. Proficiency with object-oriented languages (Python and Java) and experience with PySpark, Jupyter Notebooks, Kubernetes, docker, Elasticsearch, GHOSTMACHINE, and Query Time Analytics.
 * : Candidates must possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph to be considered for this role.
 * : Knowledge of customer corporate tools and data repositories.



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