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# Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer

- **Company:** CareerCircle
- **Location:** Odenton, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $87,100.0 - $157,450.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Audit Trail, Automation of Tests, Cloud Engineering, Profiling, Signals Intelligence, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Cleansing, Information Engineering, Elasticsearch, JavaScript Libraries, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Metadata, Meta-Data Management, Object-Oriented Software Development, Scrum Methodology, Rapid Prototyping Process, Software Engineering, Rust (Programming Language), Computer Network Operations, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Jupyter, AWS ECS, Gitlab, Git, Pyspark, Kubernetes, HuggingFace, Front End Software Development, Software Version Control, Docker
- **Published:** July 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careercircle.com/jobs/all/all/usa/md/linthicum-heights/07ed6e41-dcc5-4d9c-86ad-a15f9f57601a

## About the Role

* Qualifications: Bachelor's degree plus five (5) years of relevant experience or equivalent. Proficiency in Python, LLM integration, and data engineering. Experience with static analyzers, RAG framework, and relational and vector databases. Familiarization with Agile, Git, Jira, and Confluence.
 * Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
 * Desirable Skills: Familiarization with RUST, Claude Code, Codex, and CI/CD.

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## Description

Auditing
Equities
Metadata
Pipelines
Operations
Scalability
Market Data
Claude Code
Test Automation
Vector Database
Ancient History
Data Engineering
Agile Methodology
Data Preprocessing
Systems Engineering
Technical Leadership
Performance Profiling
Research And Development
Internet Of Things (IoT)
Rust (Programming Language)
Computer Network Operations
Git (Version Control System)
Python (Programming Language)
Retrieval Augmented Generation
Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI Clearance), * Mission Focus: Collaborate closely with technical leadership to design, develop, and maintain LLM orchestration frameworks that coordinate static analyzers, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and automated testing pipelines. Develop and optimize data preprocessing pipelines to ingest, clean, transform, and vectorize product documentation, source code, and test results for LLM consumption. Design and implement database solutions to support RAG architectures, artifact storage, audit trails, and metadata management.

 * Technical Proficiency: Collaboratively work with systems engineers to architect and deploy networked AI tools within secure enclaves and conduct performance profiling, optimization, and scalability analysis of mission systems. Support security assessments and authority to operate (ATO) processes., Gitlab
Jupyter
PySpark
Equities
Operations
Management
Governance
Kubernetes
Market Data
AWS Amplify
AWS Bedrock
Data Modeling
Elasticsearch
AWS SageMaker
Version Control
Ancient History
Agile Methodology
Docker (Software)
Workflow Management
Atlassian Confluence
Cloud-Native Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Research And Development
Internet Of Things (IoT)
Java (Programming Language)
Computer Network Operations
Git (Version Control System)
Scrum (Software Development)
Hugging Face (NLP Framework)
React.js (Javascript Library)
Python (Programming Language)
Front End (Software Engineering)
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
Application Programming Interface (API)
Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI Clearance)
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Senior Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer (SWE-3)
Leidos

Odenton, MD*On-Site

JIRA
Gitlab
Jupyter
PySpark
Equities
Operations
Management
Governance
Kubernetes
Market Data
AWS Amplify
AWS Bedrock
Data Modeling
Elasticsearch
AWS SageMaker
Version Control
Ancient History
Agile Methodology
Docker (Software)
Workflow Management
Atlassian Confluence
Cloud-Native Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Research And Development
Internet Of Things (IoT)
Java (Programming Language)
Computer Network Operations
Git (Version Control System)
Scrum (Software Development)
Hugging Face (NLP Framework)
React.js (Javascript Library)
Python (Programming Language)
Front End (Software Engineering)
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
Application Programming Interface (API)
Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI Clearance), Gitlab
Jupyter
PySpark
Equities
Operations
Management
Governance
Purchasing
Kubernetes
Upskilling
Market Data
AWS Amplify
AWS Bedrock
Cryptography
Data Modeling
Elasticsearch
AWS SageMaker
Key Management
Version Control
Ancient History
Agile Methodology
Docker (Software)
Rapid Prototyping
Analytical Method
Workflow Management
Technology Research
Time Off Management
Security Engineering
Software Engineering
Atlassian Confluence
Signals Intelligence
Prototype Development
Cloud-Native Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Java (Programming Language)
Computer Network Operations
Git (Version Control System)
Scrum (Software Development)
Hugging Face (NLP Framework)
React.js (Javascript Library)
Python (Programming Language)
Front End (Software Engineering)
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
Application Programming Interface (API)
Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI Clearance)
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