AI Software Engineer

House of Representatives; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at the House of Representatives seeks a highly skilled AI/Software professional to advance AI development, infrastructure, and policy work across the organization.

The role requires hands-on experience with modern cloud tools, containerized deployments, and enterprise data workflows, with a focus on secure, scalable RESTful services and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience.
• Broad and deep expertise in AI development, AI infrastructure, and AI policy; able to communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience with secure authentication patterns (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, MSAL) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy AI-driven solutions and data pipelines.
• Design scalable RESTful APIs and integrate services across platforms.
• Build and operate containerized applications in Kubernetes environments.

Skills

AI development

AI infrastructure

AI policy

Communication of technical concepts

Secure auth patterns

Containerization

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevOps practices

RESTful APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

MSSQL

Pentaho

AWS Glue

Hadoop

Apache Airflow

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

Job description

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) provides operations support services and business solutions to the community of 10,000 House Members, Officers and staff.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience. Broad and deep expertise in AI development, AI infrastructure, and AI policy, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of secure authentication patterns such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and MSAL.

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability (KSA) and Competency Requirements

Experience using LLMs, RAG, MCP servers, and other AI development resources, including cloud tools such as AWS Bedrock and Azure OpenAI. Strong experience working with Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), including schema design, performance tuning, and query optimization. Strong full‑stack development skills and proficiency with modern programming languages, web development, relational databases, DevOps, and Unix‑like systems. Expertise with building Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) pipelines and enterprise ETL tools such as Pentaho, AWS Glue, Hadoop, and Apache Airflow. Ability to develop APIs (web services) using web messaging or service protocols and integrate many services into a single cohesive application. Hands‑on experience with containerized applications using Docker. Experience deploying and operating applications in Kubernetes environments. Proficiency using git (particularly GitLab) for source control and issue tracking in collaborative workflows. Experience working within CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices. Familiarity with infrastructure as code cloud service enablement. Ability to design and implement secure, scalable RESTful APIs. Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and production environments. Familiarity with secure authentication patterns, including OAuth2 and OpenID Connect. In particular, implementing the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) in conjunction with Entra/Azure App Registrations.

Employees within this position are expected to demonstrate the following HIR Technical Competencies: Analytics; Application Administration and Integration; Hardware Installation and Management; Information Management; Information Resources Strategy and Planning; Information Systems/Network Security; Knowledge of Emerging Trends and Industry Best Practices; Network Management; Project Management; Quality Assurance and Testing; and Web Development and Management.

Continued employment is contingent upon satisfactorily completing a criminal history records check (or other applicable security clearance) and a pre‑employment drug‑test (pre‑identified position only).