AI Platform Lead — Enterprise LLM & Secure Automation

Visionist, Inc.; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 187,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Merit increases

Performance-based bonuses

4 weeks PTO + 12 holidays + comp time

Parental leave: 80 hours + $8,000

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) with company match

Lifestyle bonus

Job summary

Visionist, Inc. is seeking an AI Platform Lead to direct multiple engineering teams building an enterprise LLM-powered platform for analysts, engineers, and operators across mission domains.

You will define requirements, guide implementation strategies, and drive adoption of AI capabilities while balancing security, performance, and cost. The role requires TS/SCI with polygraph clearance, hands-on leadership of diverse engineers, and strong collaboration with stakeholders to ensure secure,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree).
• 12 years of experience in software development.
• Experience building, leading, and mentoring engineering teams with diverse technical backgrounds.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with customers and end users to gather requirements and drive adoption of technical solutions.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining production applications serving hundreds to thousands of users.
• Experience designing and implementing agentic workflows, AI-powered applications, or multi-agent orchestration systems.
• Experience leveraging AI coding assistants for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and automation (Codex, ClaudeCode).

Responsibilities

• Solicit requirements and architect an enterprise agentic platform designed to power intelligent, autonomous workflows.
• Work directly with stakeholders, engineers, and cyber analysts to understand operational workflows and identify high-impact automation opportunities.
• Evaluate AI models, deployment architectures, and infrastructure options to determine the optimal balance of capability, performance, and cost.
• Advise customers on AI investment strategies and resource allocation to maximize mission impact and operational effectiveness.
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies, industry trends, and best practices, advocating for the adoption of innovative capabilities where appropriate.
• Conduct outreach and training efforts to promote adoption of AI capabilities and best practices across the user community.
• Lead and coordinate multiple engineering teams by defining requirements, developing technical solutions, assigning work, and tracking execution against objectives.

Skills

Leadership

AI platform

Stakeholder engagement

Multi-team coordination

AI model evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Codex

ClaudeCode

Job description

Visionist, Inc. is seeking an AI Platform Lead to direct multiple engineering teams building an enterprise LLM-powered platform for analysts, engineers, and operators across mission domains.

You will define requirements, guide implementation strategies, and drive adoption of AI capabilities while balancing security, performance, and cost. The role requires TS/SCI with polygraph clearance, hands-on leadership of diverse engineers, and strong collaboration with stakeholders to ensure secure,