AI Engineer

Hoplite Solutions LLC; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability (short/long-term)

401(k) matching 7%

Paid holidays

Education assistance $5,000/year

4 weeks PTO

Job summary

Hoplite Solutions LLC in Fort Meade, MD is seeking an AI Engineer with a strong software engineering background and deep AI/ML experience to support AI/ET mission, capture requirements, aid planning, and enhance the certification process with AI/ML tooling, including LLM fine-tuning for vulnerability identification.

You will design LLM orchestration frameworks, build data preprocessing pipelines, and implement databases for RAG architectures, artifact storage, and audit trails.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Python, LLM integration, and data engineering.
• Experience with static analyzers, RAG framework, and relational and vector databases.
• Familiarity with Agile, Git, Jira, and Confluence.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain LLM orchestration frameworks coordinating analyzers, RAG, and testing pipelines.
• Develop data preprocessing pipelines for ingestion and vectorization for LLM consumption.
• Design databases to support RAG architectures, artifact storage, audit trails, and metadata management.

Skills

Python

LLM integration

Data engineering

Agile methodologies

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

5+ years experience

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

Relational databases

Vector databases

Job description

Hoplite Solutions is seeking a motivated AI Engineer with a proven track record in software engineering and deep understanding of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques to support the exciting new AI and Emerging Technologies (AI&ET) mission. The engineer will work closely with mission stakeholders to capture requirements, aid in structured planning, and improve the certification process by introducing AI/ML tooling. Additionally, the engineer will use AI/ML to develop tools and techniques to include fine tuning Large Language Models (LLM) that assist in enhanced vulnerability identification and mitigation capabilities.

Mission Focus

• Collaborate closely with technical leadership to design, develop, and maintain LLM orchestration frameworks that coordinate static analyzers, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and automated testing pipelines.
• Develop and optimize data preprocessing pipelines to ingest, clean, transform, and vectorize product documentation, source code, and test results for LLM consumption.
• Design and implement database solutions to support RAG architectures, artifact storage, audit trails, and metadata management.

Technical Proficiency

• Collaboratively work with systems engineers to architect and deploy networked AI tools within secure enclaves and conduct performance profiling, optimization, and scalability analysis of mission systems.
• Support security assessments and authority to operate (ATO) processes.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 5-years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Python, LLM integration, and data engineering.
• Experience with static analyzers, RAG framework, and relational and vector databases.
• Familiarization with Agile, Git, Jira, and Confluence.
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarization with RUST, Claude Code, Codex, and CI/CD.

At Hoplite Solutions, we pride ourselves on offering competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. This includes full coverage for health, dental, and vision insurance for both individuals and families, along with 100% coverage for life insurance, long-term and short-term disability. Additionally, we match up to 7% of employees' contributions to their 401(k) funds and follow the federal holiday calendar for paid holidays. With 4 weeks of paid time off and $5,000 yearly for education assistance or technical training, we're dedicated to supporting our employees' professional and personal growth.