AI Developer- Hybrid (US Citizens/ Green Cards- Local to DMV only)

Swingtech

Washington (District of Columbia)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

PTO 15 days

Holidays 11

Medical Insurance (3 options)

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Supplemental Life Insurance

Critical Care Insurance

Pet Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401k with 4% company match

Annual Training Budget $1500

Referral Bonus $1500

Annual bonus eligibility

Job summary

Swingtech in Washington, DC is seeking an AI Developer to design and build secure, accessible AI-enabled applications, APIs, and workflows supporting federal missions. You will operationalize AI models, RAG services, data products, and human-in-the-loop capabilities within government-approved cloud environments.

The role requires at least three years of software development experience, proficiency with REST APIs, Git, CI/CD, and secure coding, and the ability to work three days onsite at the

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related discipline.
At least three years of experience in software development, full-stack development, API development, or cloud-native development.
Experience with REST APIs, databases, Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and modern software practices.
Experience integrating AI/ML, LLM APIs, RAG, NLP, search, automation, or similar AI-enabled capabilities.
Familiarity with application-security principles and secure coding practices.
Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional agile environment.
Must be willing to work 3 days onsite at customer site in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

Develop full-stack AI-enabled applications, APIs, microservices, dashboards, and integrations.
Implement capabilities using LLMs, RAG pipelines, classification models, and document intelligence.
Build backend services that integrate with models, vector stores, and cloud services.
Create accessible web interfaces and dashboards meeting 508/WCAG 2.1 Level A/AA.
Implement human-in-the-loop controls, including review queues and audit trails.
Ensure AI outputs are grounded with citations and do not misrepresent sources.
Develop secure software using CI/CD, code reviews, and automated testing.
Implement application security controls and logging.

Skills

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

Secure coding

Agile

AI/ML integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

React

Angular

Vue.js

Node.js

FastAPI

Flask

Django

Spring Boot

.NET

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

AI Developer- Hybrid (US Citizens/ Green Cards- Local to DMV only)

Swingtech Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About this position

About Swingtech

Swingtech delivers innovative Information Technology and Professional Support services to a diverse range of clients across the federal and intelligence communities. With over 15 years of trusted experience as a systems integrator, we apply agile methodologies and deep industry insight to help our customers achieve greater efficiency, compliance, and cost savings. At Swingtech, we’re committed to excellence and long-term success for our clients and our team.

Position Summary

The AI Developer designs and develops secure, accessible, and maintainable AI-enabled applications, APIs, interfaces, and workflow automations. The position operationalizes approved AI models, RAG services, data products, integration services, and human-in-the-loop capabilities in support of DOL agency missions.

Develop full-stack AI-enabled applications, APIs, microservices, dashboards, workflow automations, and enterprise-system integrations.
Implement capabilities using approved LLMs, RAG pipelines, classification models, document intelligence, predictive analytics, generative AI, agentic workflows, and MCP-based services.
Develop backend services that integrate with approved models, vector stores, data platforms, identity providers, enterprise systems, and Government-approved cloud services.
Build accessible web interfaces and dashboards that meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 Level A/AA requirements.
Implement user-facing human-in-the-loop controls, including review queues, decision-support displays, overrides, approvals, escalation mechanisms, correction/feedback workflows, audit trails, and role-based access.
Ensure AI outputs are clearly identified, appropriately grounded in approved sources, and presented with citations, limitations, and required user controls.
Develop modular, maintainable, testable code using secure software-development practices, code reviews, version control, automated testing, and CI/CD.
Implement application security controls, including authentication, authorization, input validation, API security, secrets management, encryption, logging, error handling, and rate limiting.
Support AI-security controls, including prompt-injection defenses, safe prompt/context handling, output validation, controlled tool use, and audit logging.
Develop and maintain unit, integration, API, regression, performance, security, and accessibility tests.
Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture records, configuration documentation, deployment scripts, runbooks, release notes, and knowledge-transfer artifacts.
Support production monitoring, release activities, incident response, defect resolution, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related technical discipline.
At least three years of experience in software development, full-stack development, application integration, API development, or cloud-native development.
Experience with REST APIs, relational and/or NoSQL databases, Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and modern software-development practices.
Experience or demonstrated proficiency integrating AI/ML, LLM APIs, RAG, NLP, search, automation, document intelligence, or comparable AI-enabled capabilities.
Familiarity with application-security principles and secure-coding practices.
Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional agile environment.
Must be willing to work 3 days onsite at customer site in Washington, DC.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with React, Angular, Vue, Node.js, FastAPI, Flask, Django, Spring Boot, .NET, or similar modern web/application frameworks.
Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, MCP, AI orchestration frameworks, or vector-store integrations.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, infrastructure as code, API gateways, or cloud-native architectures.
Experience developing Section 508-compliant applications or performing accessibility remediation.
Experience supporting Federal IT, Government repositories, secure DevSecOps environments, or FedRAMP-authorized cloud services.

Summary of Benefits