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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Software Engineer, Lead - **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. - **Location:** McLean, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $86,800.0 - $198,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Web Development, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, TypeScript, Digital Twin, Kotlin, Containerization, Front End Software Development, Devsecops, Golang - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://justjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/16825207?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F16825207%2FSoftware-Engineer-Lead-Virginia-Mclean ## About the Role Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in national defense? You understand your customer's environment and how to develop the right systems for the mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical solutions makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution., * 5+ years of experience implementing, maintaining, and supporting new and ongoing software development and architectures * 5+ years of experience in software development using basic programming languages, technologies, tools, or web development stacks * Experience with innovation and disruptive thinking * Experience developing high-fidelity physics-based models and simulations, and digital twins * Experience writing clean, maintainable, and test-driven code for new applications or improving legacy front-end systems * Experience with Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C/C++, or Golang * Experience with AI assisted development, machine learning operation pipelines, big data, data science, or unbounded data streams * Experience contributing to solutions within a collaborative, Agile, and cross-functional team environment * TS/SCI clearance * Bachelor's degree in an Engineering, Science, or Technology field Nice If You Have: * Experience with technical mentorship and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure robust, scalable, and secure M&S environments * Experience with requirements and architecture development across the systems development lifecycle * Experience with design of experiments, ANOVA, and other statistical tests * Experience with foundation AI models, representation learning, computational and agent-based modeling, and machine learning integration * Experience leading validation and test and evaluation by benchmarking against ground-truth data and quantifying resilience under contested conditions * Knowledge of platform engineering, including deployment of workloads across cloud, such as AWS, Azure, or Cloud One, and on-premises HPC clusters * Knowledge of multi-domain operations, such as air, land, sea, space, cyber, and EW * Knowledge of DevSecOps practices, such as CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and orchestration * Ability to work with automated testing tools to perform testing and maintenance * Master's degree in Engineering or Science and Technology ## Description As an engineer on our team, you have the chance to shape the development of systems across multiple defense, civilian, and space domains by supporting advanced system design, test, and evaluation by combining physics-based modeling, AI/ML techniques, autonomy, cyber, and platform engineering expertise. ## Related Videos - [The Software Engineer 2030: From Coder To AI Orchestrator? - Patrick Schnell](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1825-the-software-engineer-2030-from-coder-to-ai-orchestrator-patrick-schnell) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Kotlin Multiplatform - True power of native code reuse](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/4-kotlin-multiplatform-true-power-of-native-code-reuse) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [The AI-Native Engineering Org: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100004-the-ai-native-engineering-org-what-s-real-what-s-hype-what-s-next) - [Retooling and refactoring - an investment in people.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/371-retooling-and-refactoring-an-investment-in-people) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [Will AI replace Software Engineers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/340-will-ai-replace-software-engineers)