Government AI Developer – Hybrid, DC On-Site

Paylocity; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k) with employer match

PTO 15 days + holidays

Training and development

Wellness incentives

Job summary

Precise Software Solutions Inc. is seeking an AI Developer to build and maintain the data pipelines, knowledge bases, and AI components behind secure AI-enabled applications for the U.S. Government. You will also help automate AI deployments and provide helpdesk support to application users.

This is a hybrid position- will require 3 days a week on site in DC (DOL HQ). Must be USC or GC and able to obtain a public trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Math, IS, or related field with 1+ year of relevant experience.
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• 1+ year of hands-on software development in Python.
• Experience building data pipelines and working with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Exposure to Generative AI via LLM APIs, embeddings, vector stores, or RAG.
• Familiarity with AWS/Azure/GCP, Git, and CI/CD tools.
• Experience supporting end users with ticket triage and clear communication.
• U.S. citizen or LPR; must reside in Washington, DC area and work on-site.
• Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines.
• Build knowledge bases for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Develop Python services, APIs, and LLM integrations with prompts and outputs.
• Create CI/CD and model-lifecycle pipelines with TEVV gates and security scans.
• Curate datasets with metadata, lineage, and data-quality checks; apply PII masking.
• Write unit and integration tests; document defects and results.
• Monitor pipelines and indexes; troubleshoot failures and perform root-cause analysis.
• Serve as a helpdesk resource for AI application users.
• Prepare user manuals and ensure repository traceability.

Skills

Python

Data pipelines

ETL/ELT

Generative AI

LLM APIs

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

SQL

Git

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Python

SQL/NoSQL

AWS/Azure/Google Cloud

Git

CI/CD tools

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Precise Software Solutions Inc. is seeking an AI Developer to build and maintain the data pipelines, knowledge bases, and AI components behind secure AI-enabled applications for the U.S. Government. You will also help automate AI deployments and provide helpdesk support to application users.

This is a hybrid position- will require 3 days a week on site in DC (DOL HQ). Must be USC or GC and able to obtain a public trust clearance.