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# AI Engineer (Python/LLM) - 50% telework

- **Company:** Linchpin Software LLC
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $230,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** LanceDB, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Continuous Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Neo4j, Named Entity Recognition, Parsing, Software Engineering, Workflow Management Systems, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Git, Pgvector, Kubernetes, HuggingFace, Ollama, VLLM
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9265662/ai-engineer-pythonllm-50-telework

## About the Role

Active Top Secret, TS/SCI, or Intel Agency clearance

 - Bachelor's degree
 - 10+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on AI / ML or LLM work
 - Strong Python
 - Experience building LLM applications: RAG, prompt and output engineering, structured output, or agents
 - Experience with data parsing, ETL, or NLP (NER, entity extraction)
 - Experience with containers and Kubernetes, Git, and CI/CD
 - Clear communication and a genuine willingness to help customers and teammates

Preferred:

 - Self-hosting open models on GPUs (vLLM, Ollama, Hugging Face, or similar)
 - Vector and graph databases (LanceDB, pgvector, Neo4j, or similar)
 - Computer vision, geospatial, or temporal AI
 - Workflow orchestration (Temporal.io or similar)
 - Air-gapped, multi-enclave, or cross-domain environments
 - Experience mentoring engineers or leading AI design efforts