As AI Lead Developer you will be responsible for;
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead design and development of enterprise-scale AI systems integrated with broader IT landscape (AWS, GCP, Palantir).
- Build RAG pipelines and multi-agent systems, driving evolution toward autonomous Agentic AI.
- Drive AI projects from PoC to production (scaling, CI/CD, MLOps, monitoring).
- Provide technical leadership, code reviews, and mentorship to internal/external teams.
- Act as technical advisor bridging business requirements and technical feasibility.
- Implement AI governance guardrails for data privacy and hallucination prevention.
Education and Experience:
- 6+ years in Software/Data Engineering with proven track record deploying ML/AI systems in production.
- Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline
Qualifications:
- Expertise in Generative AI, LLMs, RAG architectures, and prompt engineering.
- Expert Python proficiency and modern software architecture (APIs, microservices, Kubernetes).
- Experience with GCP preferred (AWS or comparable cloud platforms acceptable). Palantir Foundry is a plus.
- Proven ability to lead technical teams and present architectures to executive audiences.
- Experience with AI Agent frameworks (LangGraph, ADK) and classical ML is a plus.
Location: hybrid in Herndon, VA (3 days office min)
Salary Range: $145,000 - $175,000
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience