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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Engineer - **Company:** Guidehouse Inc. - **Location:** Boulder, CO, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $102,000.0 - $170,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, R (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Caching, Generative AI, SC Clearance, Data Pipelines, Serverless Computing - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://guidehouse.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/US---Remote-Any-location/AI-Engineer_42927 ## About the Role * An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance * Bachelor's degree * EIGHT (8) or more years of professional experience including the following: * THREE (3) years of experience in software, data, RAG architecture/vector databases or ML engineering, including building and operating cloud-native services including but not limited to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, or AWS Bedrock * TWO (2) years focused specifically on Generative AI/LLM technologies. * ONE (1) year optimizing for token efficiency and cost management in production LLM applications (e.g., prompt compression, caching, context window management, model routing). What Would Be Nice To Have: * Ability to write clear documentation and collaborate in cross-functional teams. * Experience contributing to client-facing engineering in consulting or product environments. * Master's degree in relevant technical or engineering program. * Demonstrated experience deploying and managing on-premises, self-hosted model infrastructure (not solely cloud-based/SaaS AI tools). * Experience architecting scalable, hybrid (on-prem + cloud) AI/ML solutions end-to-end, from data pipeline to deployment. * Working knowledge of AI security concepts, including adversarial robustness, model access controls, and data protection in restricted environments. * Demonstrates expert experience in leading development efforts with clear examples of value added to the client. * Demonstrates experience interacting with end-users to understand and document business and functional requirements for complex projects, as well as collaborating with technical teams across the full software development life cycle. * Demonstrates considerable proven knowledge of organizational planning and project management specific to lifecycle development processes. * Experience with common data science tools, such as R, Python, MATLAB; with a heavy emphasis on Python. ## Description * Implement AI strategy to increase adoption of AI technologies across client organization. * Coordinate with related stakeholders to establish on-premises AI server. * Integrate AI capabilities (prompt orchestration, tool/function calling, embeddings, fine-tuning) into applications and services. * Collaborate with data scientists, platform engineers, and product teams to iterate on use cases, deliver POCs/MVPs, and harden them for scale. * Follow responsible AI practices and security/compliance requirements across commercial and public sector environments. * Conduct digital transformation initiatives leveraging AI technologies to improve organization's mission accomplishment and increase operating efficiencies. ## Related Videos - [How to Avoid LLM Pitfalls - Mete Atamel and Guillaume Laforge](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1328-how-to-avoid-llm-pitfalls-mete-atamel-and-guillaume-laforge) - [Leveraging Large Language Models for Legacy Code Translation: Challenges and Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1157-leveraging-large-language-models-for-legacy-code-translation-challenges-and-solutions) - [HTTP headers that make your website go faster](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1676-http-headers-that-make-your-website-go-faster) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [Event based cache invalidation in GraphQL](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/433-event-based-cache-invalidation-in-graphql) - [Make it simple, using generative AI to accelerate learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/969-make-it-simple-using-generative-ai-to-accelerate-learning) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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