Sr. Data and AI Engineer

About the role

The Sr. Data and AI Engineer will play a pivotal role in the Solutions team, supporting product discovery and driving the completion of objectives by merging technical, business, and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Identify strategic improvement opportunities and create interest and buy-in among cross-functional team members.
• Lead the team in solving challenges and improving processes, organizational practices, technical innovation, and culture.
• Apply technical expertise across multiple disciplines to share best approaches and solutions with customers.
• Develop and implement agentic AI solutions and rapid prototypes.
• Support business development efforts by maturing strategic solution ideas and aligning them with customer needs.
• Work hands-on with developers to deliver solutions and provide customer-facing support and solutioning.
• Mentor data engineers, establish best practices, conduct code reviews, and explain the business value of solutions.
• Work in an Agile environment, leveraging advanced design and engineering best practices.
• Build solutions that enhance business insights, aid operational decisions, and support performance management.
• Manage and maintain service levels in a highly dynamic and complex environment.
• Quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies in the cloud/IT technology space.

Requirements

• US Citizen
• Public Trust Clearance
• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of IT experience, including design, analysis, and implementation of large-scale, complex data architectures
• 5+ years of Data experience in evaluating, architecting, and building AI and Generative AI tools
• Experience with development and implementation of agentic AI solutions
• Rapid development and prototype experience
• Experience working in Agile environment
• Experience working with AWS Cloud native data and AI technologies
• Experience with Python, Django, Flask, Java, PostgreSQL, Vector, Nifi, Bash scripting, APIs development, CI/CD pipeline, and multiple development environments (on-prem vs cloud)
• AI Assisted Development and test experience
• Experience working with DoW (formerly DoD), intel, and government contracting

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills with multiple stakeholders at different leadership levels
• Proven success in consulting and advising customers
• Experience with data management and architecture concepts, data warehousing, big data tools, data analytics, and data science
• Experience working with data engineers and establishing best practices
• Experience with source code management, agile management, data analysis, and dashboarding
• Experience with technical delivery tools

Skills

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving
• Technical expertise in data and AI
• Leadership and team management
• Communication and stakeholder engagement
• Agile methodology and project management
• Customer relationship management
• Technology evaluation and recommendation
• Technical writing and documentation

Benefits

General Description of Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more.

Pay

$180,000 - $200,000

Schedule

Hybrid schedule with typically 1-2 days per week in Arlington, VA office for team planning and collaboration.