AI Engineer
Job Description
Provide SETA support to government teams developing or assessing AI-enabled applications and tools.
Advise on technical approaches for AI application design, prototyping, integration, and evaluation.
Assess solutions involving LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, tool use, agentic workflows, orchestration layers, prompt pipelines, and evaluation harnesses.
Support the review of architectures, development approaches, model usage patterns, and technical risk areas.
Advise on AI engineering considerations such as latency, reliability, observability, testability, guardrails, data flow, and system integration.
Evaluate and compare modern AI frameworks, agentic libraries, and experimentation harnesses for suitability in mission use cases.
Assist with the development of technical guidance, prototypes, engineering recommendations, and briefings for government stakeholders.
Support test and evaluation activities for AI tools, including performance assessment, qualitative review, and workflow validation.
Collaborate with platform engineers, product leads, mission users, and government leadership to ensure AI efforts remain technically grounded and operationally relevant.
Stay current on rapid changes in the AI ecosystem and provide informed recommendations on emerging tools and practices.
Required Skills
- Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field and 12+ years of relevant experience
- Active Secret clearance required
- Experience designing, building, integrating, or evaluating AI/ML-enabled applications or software tools
- Familiarity with modern AI application patterns, including LLM-based applications, RAG, prompt engineering, agentic systems, and AI-assisted workflows
- Experience with software development fundamentals, APIs, data handling, and system integration
- Ability to assess technical tradeoffs and communicate them clearly to both engineers and government stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Desired Skills
- Ability to obtain a TS SCI clearance required
- Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages commonly used in AI application development
- Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, model APIs, evaluation frameworks, and agent testing harnesses
- Exposure to model hosting, inference pipelines, or cloud-based AI development environments
- Understanding of secure AI development practices, data protection, and operational constraints in government settings
- Experience supporting defense, cyber, intelligence, or mission application development
- Familiarity with human-in-the-loop workflows, AI assurance, and evaluation methodologies
- Experience with one or more agentic or orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, Haystack, LlamaIndex, or similar ecosystems
Security Clearance Requirement
An active Secret security clearance is required for this position.
Pay
Salary Range: $134,100.00 - $241,400.00
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid time off
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401(k)
- Life insurance
- Flexible work schedules
- Holidays
About the Role
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented AI Engineer to join our team!
Qualifications
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!
Skills
We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars!
Benefits
- Best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.
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