Lead AI Systems Engineer — Remote Production

Maximus; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Lead AI Software Engineer to join the AI Transformation and Experience team. You will design, build, test, deploy, and improve production software with AI components, ensuring scalable, secure, and observable systems that integrate with enterprise data and government programs.

The role emphasizes hands-on software engineering with strong focus on APIs, infrastructure, and operational discipline, while mentoring junior engineers and guiding development practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including production systems.
• 3+ years of experience with artificial intelligence, machine learning, or related technologies.
• 5+ years of experience designing or building solutions in cloud environments.
• Experience owning software through deployment, production operations, troubleshooting, maintenance, and evolution.
• Strong fundamentals in system and API design, testing, source control, and secure development.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop advanced AI software applications with scalability and enterprise integration.
• Own difficult technical problems from exploration through deployment and maintenance.
• Write high-quality software across APIs, services, tests, infrastructure, and tooling.

Skills

Python

C++

Go

Cloud platforms

AI/ML basics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Lead AI Software Engineer to join the AI Transformation and Experience team. You will design, build, test, deploy, and improve production software with AI components, ensuring scalable, secure, and observable systems that integrate with enterprise data and government programs.

The role emphasizes hands-on software engineering with strong focus on APIs, infrastructure, and operational discipline, while mentoring junior engineers and guiding development practices.