AI Coding Tools Engineer

Ampcus Inc; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. is seeking an AI Coding Tools Engineer in Chantilly, VA to evaluate, pilot, and operationalize secure AI coding assistants across the enterprise.

The role focuses on integrating tools into IDEs (VS Code), shells, and source control, while aligning with NIST and GovCloud security requirements. The engineer will work with Security, Training, and Enablement teams to produce evidence, training materials, and governance artifacts, ensuring scalable adoption and ongoing maintenance of

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with leading AI Coding Assistants (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline).
• 3–5 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or related roles, with at least 2 years in AI product/automation development.
• Experience integrating or evaluating LLM-powered developer tools (code completion, chat-based programming assistance, test generation).
• Understanding of NIST compliance and government cloud environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise DevSecOps practices, modern IDEs, and secure SDLCs.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI coding assistants and technologies for security, performance, and integration.
• Pilot and deploy coding tools across IDEs, terminals, and source control workflows.
• Configure guardrails, access controls, and compliance artifacts per enterprise requirements.
• Support training, end-user guides, and adoption activities; run office hours for developer enablement.
• Monitor platform health, guardrail performance, and issue remediation.

Skills

AI tooling

Software engineering

DevSecOps

LLM tools integration

Tools

VS Code

Bedrock GovCloud

Azure OpenAI Gov

Vertex AI Assured Workloads

Job description

Hello,

Greetings from Ampcus Inc.

Ampcus is a leading global provider of Staff Augmentation, IT and Business Consulting services, specializing in Human Capital Management, Intelligent Automation, Infrastructure Management & Modernization, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, and Testing & IVV services. Ampcus helps organizations improve their performance by applying technology in smarter, more innovative ways and by providing the right talent.

I am contacting you because you are an experienced professional and we currently have an opportunity with one of our clients that you might be interested in.

Position: AI Coding Tools Engineer

Location: Chantilly, VA

Duration: Fulltime

The AI Coding Tools Engineer (GenAI & Agentic Systems) evaluates, pilots, operationalizes, maintains, and scales adoption of secure AI coding assistant tools across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• AI Coding Assistant Evaluation
• Conduct structured evaluations of leading enterprise AI coding assistants, including features, model performance, security, integration complexity, and developer ergonomics.
• AI Coding Assistant Piloting, Launching & Adoption Support
• Integrate coding assistants into IDEs (VS Code), terminals/CLI workflows, and sourcecontrol ecosystems.
• Configure AI guardrails, including content filtering, promptshielding, and rolebased access controls aligned with enterprise and NIST requirements
• Work with Security Team to prepare ATO evidence, including SSP updates, control narratives, risk registers, and continuousmonitoring artifacts.
• Work with Training and Enablement Team to develop training, compliance, and end-user/bestpractice guides.
• Support Coding Assistant 'office hours' to support developer enablement and accelerate adoption.
• Collect user feedback, track adoption metrics, and iteratively refine usage patterns for different developer roles.
• AI Coding Assistant Operations & Maintenance Support
• Monitor platform health and guardrail performance.
• Support analysis and remediation of integration or platform issues impacting the coding assistants.
• Track, evaluate, and support application of coding assistant updates and patches.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with leading AI Coding Assistants (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline).
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in software engineering, developer experience engineering, platform engineering, or related roles, with at least 2 years of focused AI product/automation development.
• Experience integrating or evaluating LLMpowered developer tools (e.g., code completion, chatbased programming assistance, test generation, refactoring tools).
• Understanding of NIST compliance and government cloud environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise DevSecOps practices, modern IDEs, and secure software development lifecycles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience leading enterprise adoption of AI coding assistants (pilot design, rollout planning, governance alignment).
• Handson experience with Amazon Bedrock GovCloud, Azure OpenAI (Gov), and/or Vertex AI (Assured Workloads) for production workloads.
• Experience building multistep agent workflows on Bedrock Agents, implementing guardrails and building RAG/semanticsearch systems.
• Experience supporting ATO artifacts and design/testing of controls.