Lead AI/ML Engineer — Production ML & Edge AI

Booz Allen Hamilton; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Ashburn seeks an AI/ML Engineer Lead to design, develop, and deploy production‑grade ML systems supporting enterprise products and strategic initiatives.

You will lead end-to-end ML lifecycles, architect scalable pipelines on cloud platforms, and collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams. The role requires guiding architectural decisions, mentoring juniors, evaluating new AI technologies, and ensuring model performance and ethical considerations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building production ML models.
• Strong Python and ML framework experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms and scalable ML infrastructure.
• Ability to design distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Ability to obtain Public Trust or Suitability determination.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy ML models for large-scale production environments.
• Lead end-to-end ML lifecycle including data exploration, feature engineering, experimentation, model training, evaluation, and deployment.
• Architect scalable ML pipelines and infrastructure using modern frameworks and cloud technologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into ML-driven solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices, coding standards, and technical excellence.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI technologies, tools, and frameworks aligned with organizational goals.
• Monitor and optimize deployed models for accuracy, performance, drift, reliability, and ethical considerations.
• Partner with data engineering teams to ensure high-quality datasets and robust pipeline integrations.
• Design, build, and deploy LLM/agentic AI solutions, including multi-agent orchestration and RAG.
• Optimize and deploy AI/ML models for edge environments with quantization, pruning, and distillation.

Skills

8+ years of ML engineering

Python

Cloud platforms

MLOps

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in CS/DS/Engineering

Tools

SageMaker/Azure ML/Vertex AI

Docker

Kubernetes

LangChain/LLM toolchains

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton in Ashburn seeks an AI/ML Engineer Lead to design, develop, and deploy production‑grade ML systems supporting enterprise products and strategic initiatives.

You will lead end-to-end ML lifecycles, architect scalable pipelines on cloud platforms, and collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams. The role requires guiding architectural decisions, mentoring juniors, evaluating new AI technologies, and ensuring model performance and ethical considerations.