Lead AI/ML Engineer — Production & LLM Systems

Booz Allen Hamilton

Ashburn (VA)

On-site

USD 129,000 - 292,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an AI/ML Engineer, Lead to design, develop, and deploy advanced AI systems for enterprise products and strategic initiatives. You will lead end-to-end ML lifecycles, architect scalable pipelines, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with product and data teams.

The role emphasizes production-grade ML, model optimization, and guidance on architecture for scalable AI systems.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience building production ML models.
Experience in Python and ML frameworks.
Experience with cloud platforms and scalable ML tools.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and deploy ML models and AI systems for large-scale environments.
Lead ML lifecycle processes from data exploration to deployment.
Architect scalable ML pipelines and infrastructure using modern frameworks and cloud technologies.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into ML solutions.
Mentor engineers and contribute to best practices and coding standards.
Evaluate emerging AI technologies and align with goals.
Monitor and optimize models for accuracy, performance, drift, and ethics.
Partner with data engineering for high-quality datasets and robust pipelines.
Design and deploy large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI, including multi-agent orchestration and RAG.
Optimize AI/ML models for edge deployment with quantization and pruning.