Artificial Intelligence Developer - Hybrid

AET FEDERAL INC; Tysons (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Job summary

AET Federal Inc. is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions for government and enterprise customers. You will bridge AI capabilities with customer missions, translating complex requirements into secure, scalable production systems.

This role requires strong software skills and hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, REST APIs, cloud platforms, and enterprise applications. Collaboration with diverse teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering, AI engineering, solutions engineering, or a related technical role.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, or AI agent development.
• Experience working with REST APIs, SQL databases, and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers to understand workflows and mission requirements for AI-driven automation.
• Design, develop, and deploy AI agents and AI-enabled applications using LLMs, RAG, and agentic frameworks.
• Write production-quality code in Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript for AI solutions and integrations.
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise and government systems via REST APIs, connectors, databases, and cloud platforms.
• Support integrations with platforms such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, and others.
• Lead technical implementation activities for AI pilots and production deployments.
• Troubleshoot and optimize AI solutions for performance, security, and scalability.
• Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, data, and program teams to meet requirements.
• Provide technical feedback to improve AI capabilities and solutions.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Generative AI

LLMs

AI agents

REST APIs

Cloud environments

Tools

Pinecone

Weaviate

OpenAI APIs

Azure OpenAI

LangChain

Job description

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance

AET Federal Inc. is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to support the design, development, integration, and deployment of AI-powered solutions for government and enterprise customers. This role serves as a technical bridge between AET Federal's AI capabilities and customer mission requirements, working directly with stakeholders to identify operational challenges and develop secure, scalable, production-ready AI solutions.

The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering skills with hands-on experience in Generative AI, large language models (LLMs), AI agents, APIs, cloud technologies, and enterprise systems. This is a highly collaborative, customer-facing role requiring the ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into practical AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers to understand workflows, business processes, and mission requirements and identify opportunities for AI-driven automation.
• Design, develop, and deploy AI agents and AI-enabled applications using technologies such as LLMs, RAG, and agentic AI frameworks.
• Write production-quality code in Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript to develop AI solutions, integrations, and supporting applications.
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise and government systems using REST APIs, custom connectors, databases, and cloud platforms.
• Support integrations with platforms such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, and other enterprise applications.
• Lead technical implementation activities for AI pilots, prototypes, and production deployments.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance AI solutions to improve performance, reliability, security, and scalability.
• Collaborate with AET Federal engineering, cybersecurity, data, and program teams to ensure solutions meet customer and mission requirements.
• Provide technical feedback and recommendations to continuously improve AET Federal's AI capabilities and solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen
• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering, AI engineering, solutions engineering, or a related technical role.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, or AI agent development.
• Experience working with REST APIs, SQL databases, and cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Understanding of AI application development, including RAG, embeddings, vector databases, or LLM frameworks.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently in customer-facing environments and collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.
• Ability to travel to customer sites as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with LangChain, OpenAI APIs, Azure OpenAI, or similar AI/LLM platforms.
• Experience developing agentic AI systems or multi-agent applications.
• Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, or similar technologies.
• Experience integrating enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow, or Workday.
• Experience working in federal government, defense, healthcare, or other highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, CI/CD, containerization, and secure cloud architectures.
• Active U.S. government security clearance or ability to obtain one is a plus.

Work Environment

This position may involve a combination of remote work, AET Federal office work, and customer-site support. Occasional travel may be required based on customer and project needs.

Flexible work from home options available.