AI-Driven Applications Engineer & Automation Expert

LMI Consulting, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI is seeking a Software Developer, Applications/AI Automation Engineer to build automation, AI-enabled applications, prototypes, integrations, APIs, and production-ready software components for Department of Veterans Affairs modernization initiatives. The role spans no-code, low-code, and full-code delivery and favors approved reusable patterns before custom development.

This position follows a hybrid work model with approximately 25% onsite presence at LMI's Tysons headquarters or Washington,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 7+ years in application development, automation engineering, systems integration, prototyping, or related software delivery.
• Strong coding in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Java, or comparable languages with hands-on API and integration experience.
• Experience choosing among no-code, low-code, and full-code approaches based on complexity, security, maintainability, and enterprise constraints.
• Recommended certifications: cloud developer, Microsoft Power Platform Developer, DevOps, or comparable.
• Ability to satisfy VA personnel vetting and applicable security, privacy, records, and data-handling requirements.
• Experience delivering production-quality software or automation through a modern SDLC, including code review, branching, testing, release discipline, documentation, and defect resolution.
• Strong understanding of API design, authentication/authorization, data interchange, integration patterns, secure coding, and troubleshooting across application and service boundaries.
• Ability to evaluate tradeoffs among custom development, configuration, scripting, low-code, and managed services based on complexity, security, supportability, performance, and lifecycle cost.
• Strong debugging ability across application code, APIs, data transformations, authentication, configuration, network/service dependencies, and third-party or managed services.
• Experience estimating engineering work and decomposing requirements into implementable increments.

Responsibilities

• Build workflow automations, lightweight applications, prototypes, integrations, and production-quality components.
• Select the simplest approved implementation approach across no-code, low-code, and full-code options.
• Develop and troubleshoot APIs, scripts, services, prompts, agents, automation logic, and application components.
• Support technical feasibility testing, prototype evaluation, pilot readiness, implementation, and handoff.
• Apply secure coding, version control, testing, code review, documentation, and configuration-management practices.
• Partner with stakeholders to fit real workflows across disciplines.
• Package reusable code, prompts, configurations, integration patterns, and technical guidance.
• Resolve issues that cross boundary lines between applications, data, integration, or platform.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

C#

Java

APIs & Integrations

No-code/Low-code/Full-code

Security & SDLC

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng/Info Systems

Tools

Azure Functions

Logic Apps

Power Platform

Job description

LMI is seeking a Software Developer, Applications/AI Automation Engineer to build automation, AI-enabled applications, prototypes, integrations, APIs, and production-ready software components for Department of Veterans Affairs modernization initiatives. The role spans no-code, low-code, and full-code delivery and favors approved reusable patterns before custom development.

This position follows a hybrid work model with approximately 25% onsite presence at LMI's Tysons headquarters or Washington,