AI/Machine Learning Engineer

Optimus Technology, Inc; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

HRA

401k

Life insurance

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Referral bonuses

Company outings

Job summary

Optimus Technology, Inc. is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to work with mission users to capture complex workflows, document decision points, and translate them into effective AI-enabled capabilities.

You will design and implement solutions that may include LLM-powered workflows, agent-based automation, or hybrid approaches, to streamline analytic tasks and support rapid, informed decisions in high tempo environments.

Qualifications

• Experience capturing user workflows into structured maps or executable logic.
• Experience designing LLM-based agent workflows with multi-step reasoning and tool integrations.
• Experience integrating AI systems with APIs and enterprise data stores.
• Proficiency in Python.

Responsibilities

• Capture workflows and translate into AI-enabled capabilities.
• Collaborate with teams to deploy production-ready solutions in secure environments.

Skills

Workflow capture

LLM agent workflows

API integration

Python

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

PydanticAI

CrewAI

PyTorch

TensorFlow

vLLM

llama.cpp

Job description

Intelligence Analysts rely on multi-step workflows that are time sensitive, detail rich, and critical to national security. As an AI/Machine Learning Engineer, you will work directly with mission users to capture these workflows, document operational decision points, and translate them into effective AI enabled capabilities.

You will design and implement solutions that may include LLM powered workflows, agent based automation, or hybrid approaches depending on mission needs. Your work will streamline analytical tasks, improve data accessibility, and support rapid, informed decision making in high tempo enviornments.

You’ll collaborate with operators, analysts, developers, and mission leadership to ensure solutions integrate cleanly with existing systems, perform reliably in production, and adhere to security and governance expectations of classified enviornments.

Required Skills:

• Experience capturing user workflows and translating them into structured process maps, automation requirements, or executable logic.
• Experience designing or implementing LLM based on agentic workflows, including multi-step reasoning, tool integrations, and orchestration.
• Experience integrating AI systems with APIs, enterprise data stores, or mission platforms.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python.

Desired Skills:

• Experience engineering AI capabilities on premise or multi classification enviornments.
• Experience with AWS or Azure, including work in restricted or classified environments.
• Experience with AI/LLM development framework such as LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, or CrewAI
• Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, vLLM, or llama.cpp.
• Experience with cyber or intelligence workflows, operational data types, or mission oriented analytical processes.

Optimus Technology is a SDVO (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned) small business founded in 2010. We are known for our exceptionally talented group of Engineers and Technical experts with superior knowledge and experience in Cyber Technologies and the latest technology trends. Our dedication in pairing the right Optimus Technologist with the right customer solution is at the core of our Partnership commitment and critical to the performance and satisfaction of our employees, the pinnacle of the Optimus culture.

Why us?

We strive to provide the best well-rounded benefits package available.

• Premium health, dental, and vision package
• Company funded HRA
• 401k company contributions
• Employer paid group term life insurance policy
• Tuition assistance and career development
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Referral bonuses
• Company outings, giveaways & more

Optimus practices a policy of non-discrimination and is fully committed to the principles of equality in employment and opportunity for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, gender, race, religion, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit based factor.