AI Engineer - SME

Gormat; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gormat is seeking an AI Engineer to provide technical advisory support for AI-enabled applications, tools, and workflows intended for government use. You will guide teams on design, prototyping, integration, and evaluation of AI systems, with a focus on LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, curiosity, and staying current with rapid AI ecosystem changes. Collaboration with engineers, leadership, and mission users will be essential to ensure practical, secure,

Qualifications

• 18+ years with Bachelor's degree or 15+ years with Master's in CS/Engineering/Data Science.
• Experience designing, building, integrating, or evaluating AI/ML-enabled applications.
• Familiarity with modern AI application patterns (LLMs, RAG, prompts, agentic workflows).
• Working knowledge of agentic/orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or similar.
• Experience with software development fundamentals, APIs, data handling, and system integration.
• Ability to communicate tradeoffs clearly to engineers and stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advisory support for AI-enabled applications, tools, and workflows.
• Advise on design, prototyping, integration, and evaluation of AI solutions.
• Assess AI frameworks, agentic libraries, and experimentation harnesses for mission use cases.
• Review architectures, model usage, and data-flow across systems.
• Develop technical guidance, prototypes, and briefings for government stakeholders.
• Support test and evaluation activities for AI tools and workflows.
• Collaborate with platform engineers and mission users to stay technically grounded.

Skills

AI/ML development

Agentic systems

System integration

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

AI frameworks

Evaluation pipelines

Model APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Master's degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

AutoGen

CrewAI

Haystack

LlamaIndex

Job description

We're seeking an amazingly talented AI Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to provide technical advisory support for the design, evaluation, and advancement of AI-enabled applications, tools, and workflows. This role is intended for a hands‑on technical professional who understands how modern AI systems are built and can help guide teams developing practical solutions using large language models, agentic workflows, orchestration frameworks, and supporting software infrastructure.

The right candidate is a builder at heart‑someone who explores new frameworks, prototypes ideas, and continuously teaches themselves emerging techniques. Curiosity and passion matter greatly in this role. We want someone who follows the fast‑moving AI ecosystem because they genuinely enjoy it, not just because the job requires it.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provide SETA support to government teams developing or assessing AI-enabled applications and tools.
• Advise on technical approaches for AI application design, prototyping, integration, and evaluation.
• Assess solutions involving LLMs, retrieval‑augmented generation, tool use, agentic workflows, orchestration layers, prompt pipelines, and evaluation harnesses.
• Support the review of architectures, development approaches, model usage patterns, and technical risk areas.
• Advise on AI engineering considerations such as latency, reliability, observability, testability, guardrails, data flow, and system integration.
• Evaluate and compare modern AI frameworks, agentic libraries, and experimentation harnesses for suitability in mission use cases.
• Assist with the development of technical guidance, prototypes, engineering recommendations, and briefings for government stakeholders.
• Support test and evaluation activities for AI tools, including performance assessment, qualitative review, and workflow validation.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, product leads, mission users, and government leadership to ensure AI efforts remain technically grounded and operationally relevant.
• Stay current on rapid changes in the AI ecosystem and provide informed recommendations on emerging tools and practices.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Min 18 years with Bachelors, 15 years with Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field.
• Experience designing, building, integrating, or evaluating AI/ML-enabled applications or software tools.
• Familiarity with modern AI application patterns, including LLM-based applications, RAG, prompt engineering, agentic systems, and AI-assisted workflows.
• Working knowledge of one or more agentic or orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, Haystack, LlamaIndex, or similar ecosystems.
• Experience with software development fundamentals, APIs, data handling, and system integration.
• Ability to assess technical tradeoffs and communicate them clearly to both engineers and government stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages commonly used in AI application development.
• Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, model APIs, evaluation frameworks, and agent testing harnesses.
• Exposure to model hosting, inference pipelines, or cloud‑based AI development environments.
• Understanding of secure AI development practices, data protection, and operational constraints in government settings.
• Experience supporting defense, cyber, intelligence, or mission application development.
• Familiarity with human‑in‑the‑loop workflows, AI assurance, and evaluation methodologies.

TS/SCI with polygraph is required.