AI Platform Lead

Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with Polygraph is required.

About the role

Visionist has an exciting new, fully funded opportunity for an AI Platform Lead on our largest prime contract. In this role, you will lead multiple engineering teams developing and deploying an enterprise LLM-powered platform that supports analysts, engineers, and operators across a variety of mission domains. As the primary technical voice for the platform, you will work directly with stakeholders and end users to define requirements, guide implementation strategies, and drive adoption of AI capabilities across the organization. We are seeking a technical leader who stays at the forefront of AI technologies, can balance mission needs with technical innovation, and is passionate about delivering secure, scalable, and impactful solutions in a rapidly evolving environment.

For over 15 years, Visionist has been solving the Intelligence Community's toughest software and analysis challenges. As a 100% employee-owned company, we prioritize our people—your job security is assured. We embed small engineering teams with analysts to rapidly identify and solve mission capability gaps, playing a critical role in defending our nation’s cyber infrastructure and providing expertise in malware analysis, attribution, mapping adversarial infrastructure, pen testing, and operational planning. Our open-door leadership team fosters a supportive culture, where internal growth and promotion opportunities are the norm.

Responsibilities

• Solicit requirements and architect an enterprise agentic platform designed to power intelligent, autonomous workflows
• Work directly with stakeholders, engineers, and cyber analysts to understand operational workflows and identify high-impact automation opportunities
• Evaluate AI models, deployment architectures, and infrastructure options to determine the optimal balance of capability, performance, and cost
• Advise customers on AI investment strategies and resource allocation to maximize mission impact and operational effectiveness
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies, industry trends, and best practices, advocating for the adoption of innovative capabilities where appropriate
• Conduct outreach and training efforts to promote adoption of AI capabilities and best practices across the user community
• Lead and coordinate multiple engineering teams by defining requirements, developing technical solutions, assigning work, and tracking execution against objectives

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)
• 12 years of experience in software development
• Experience building, leading, and mentoring engineering teams with diverse technical backgrounds
• Demonstrated experience engaging with customers and end users to gather requirements, advocate for change, and drive adoption of technical solutions
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining production applications servicing hundreds to thousands of users
• Experience designing and implementing agentic workflows, AI-powered applications, or multi-agent orchestration systems
• Experience leveraging AI coding assistants for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and automation (e.g., Codex, ClaudeCode)

U.S. citizenship required (green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible). Applicants selected will be required to obtain/maintain a government security clearance.

Benefits

• 100% employee-owned company with a 15% retirement contribution (5% 401K match & 10% ESOP)
• 4 weeks paid time off (never “use or lose”), 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, and flexible work hours
• 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity leave
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits receive an additional $4,160/year)
• Annual $600 lifestyle bonus for gyms/fitness, new tech, or HSA contributions
• Annual merit increases and performance-based bonuses
• Term life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability

Pay

Salary range: $170,000 - $240,000