Senior AI Engineer

About the role

Join Leidos’ all-star team supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Enterprise Digital Modernization Accelerator initiative. This program is at the forefront of deploying enterprise-scale AI, data, and mission platform capabilities across cloud, edge, and classified environments.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex challenges and deliver innovative, production-ready algorithms and platforms.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of analysts, engineers, and developers to develop and operationalize AI and agentic AI systems in production mission environments.
• Contribute to the integration of AI, DevSecOps, data engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity, and observability in a fast-paced, engineering-centric environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or equivalent graduate degree in a quantitative or analytical field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Computational Social Science, etc.).
• Additional/Relevant experience may be substituted for a degree. 12+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis, developing analytics and AI/ML solutions (4+ years with a Master’s).
• Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with hybrid teams to research, build, and deploy complex, user-friendly analytical platforms.
• Track record of creative problem solving, active learning, and mission-focused outcomes.
• Experience with the following: AI/ML production engineering, LLMOps / MLOps, RAG architectures, AI orchestration frameworks, Kubernetes-based AI deployments, OpenAI-compatible APIs, Python development, GPU inference optimization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting military or intelligence community customers.
• Familiarity with Azure/C2S, hardware platforms (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs), and advanced analytical methodologies (social network analysis, supply chain analysis, NLP, classification algorithms, image processing).
• Familiarity with the following technologies: LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, vLLM, ollama, Ray, NVIDIA GPU ecosystems, Vector databases.

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00. Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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