Federal AI/ML Engineer - Forward-Deployed Tech Lead

Bravent LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Professional development assistance

Referral program

Vision insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Bravent LLC seeks a Senior AI/ML Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer to lead AI-driven solutions for Federal Agencies. You will translate mission needs into tangible AI capabilities, deliver production-grade architecture, and guide end-to-end delivery across discovery to knowledge transfer.

The role requires hands-on design and oversight of AI systems, MLOps, security controls, and collaboration with CIO/OCIO teams. Washington DC hybrid on-site work is required.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of hands-on experience in AI/ML engineering, software engineering, cloud engineering, enterprise architecture, or data engineering.
• At least two years of hands-on production experience in generative AI, LLM integration, RAG, model evaluation, or production AI system operations.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver across AI, application development, data engineering, UX, integration, and operations in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead agency-specific AI solution discovery, feasibility analysis, architecture, engineering design, integration, deployment, and operational support.
• Translate incomplete mission needs into measurable problem statements, user needs, acceptance criteria, prioritized backlogs, experiments, and release plans.
• Architect and implement AI-enabled applications using suitable methods, including NLP, LLM integrations, RAG, and agentic workflows.
• Direct MLOps/LLMOps practices, including version control, CI/CD, model/artifact registration, evaluation, and monitoring.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

Software engineering

Cloud engineering

Enterprise architecture

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

AWS

Azure AI Foundry

Vertex AI

AWS Bedrock

GitHub Copilot/VS Code

GitLab

JIRA

Job description

Bravent LLC seeks a Senior AI/ML Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer to lead AI-driven solutions for Federal Agencies. You will translate mission needs into tangible AI capabilities, deliver production-grade architecture, and guide end-to-end delivery across discovery to knowledge transfer.

The role requires hands-on design and oversight of AI systems, MLOps, security controls, and collaboration with CIO/OCIO teams. Washington DC hybrid on-site work is required.