Principal/Sr Principal Software Engineer*

About the role

The ideal candidate will blend strong programming skills with deep familiarity in LLM deployment, agentic AI frameworks, and large scale data platforms. This role will contribute to building end to end AI solutions that drive product differentiation and scale.

Responsibilities

• Defines, develops, and delivers novel mathematical and statistical modeling and algorithm development to tackle the challenges of prediction, optimization, and classification.
• Applies machine learning algorithms to large sets of structured and unstructured data to solve a broad range of problems that include applications in pattern recognition, target detection and tracking, machine learning and decision systems, and robotic systems.
• Prototypes advanced artificial intelligence techniques to stretch the capability of autonomous systems research and development programs.
• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Collaborates with cross-functional team to deploy machine learning algorithms to prototype testing and production.
• Ensures software standards are met.
• May use system-of-systems and multi-agent approaches to architect and design AI software systems.
• Performs integration testing, regression testing, and formal qualification testing in an agile software development environment.
• Works closely with AI Systems Engineers to understand program intent, system capabilities, and output requirements.
• May design software-systems, applications, and data architectures that directly implement AI techniques to support achieving better reliability, precision, accuracy, and speed to meet performance requirements.

Requirements

Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years. U.S. Citizen and Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).

Qualifications

• Principal Engineer Software: 05 Years with Bachelors in relevant field of study; 03 Years with Masters; 00 Years with PhD or 04 additional years in lieu of a degree.
• Senior Principal Engineer Software: 08 Years with Bachelors in relevant field of study; 03 Years with Masters; 00 Years with PhD or 04 additional years in lieu of a degree.

Skills

• Proficiency in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript, with a strong track record of delivering production grade code and solving complex problems in both languages.
• Familiarity in working with locally hosted large language models, including hands on experience deploying and optimizing frameworks such as Ollama and Llama?CPP.
• Familiarity with leading AI service APIs, including practical experience integrating, prompting, and fine tuning solutions built on OpenAI?ChatGPT, Anthropic?Claude, and Google?Gemini.
• Familiarity with building agentic AI solutions using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or comparable libraries.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts