Senior AI Engineer

BigBear.ai · Annapolis Junction, MD · 2 mo ago

EngineeringFull-time

Overview

BigBear.ai is seeking a motivated Senior AI Engineer with a proven track record in software engineering and deep understanding of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques to support the exciting new AI and Emerging Technologies (AI&ET) mission.

What You Will Do

Collaborate closely with technical leadership to design, develop, and maintain LLM orchestration frameworks that coordinate static analyzers, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and automated testing pipelines.
Develop and optimize data preprocessing pipelines to ingest, clean, transform, and vectorize product documentation, source code, and test results for LLM consumption.
Design and implement database solutions to support RAG architectures, artifact storage, audit trails, and metadata management.

What You Need To Have

Bachelor's degree plus 8-years of relevant experience or equivalent.
Active TS/SCI with Poly.
Experience with Python, LLM integration, and data engineering.
Experience with static analyzers, RAG framework, and relational and vector databases.
Familiarization with Agile, Git, Jira, and Confluence.
Collaboratively work with systems engineers to architect and deploy networked AI tools within secure enclaves and conduct performance profiling, optimization, and scalability analysis of mission systems.
Support security assessments and authority to operate (ATO) processes.

What We'd Like You To Have

Familiarization with RUST, Claude Code, Codex, and CI/CD.

About BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai’s predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit https://bigbear.ai/ and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai.

Equal Opportunity Employer

BigBear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.