Mid-Level AI Engineer — Generative AI & Cloud (TS/SCI)

Freedom Technology Solutions Group; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matching 401k

Fully paid medical

Generous PTO

Training and tuition reimbursement

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Freedom Technology Solutions Group seeks an AI Engineer (Mid-level) for roles in Washington DC, Annapolis Junction, or Reston, VA. The candidate will support an IC customer on mission-driven applications and drive AI-enabled solutions across full-stack systems.

Responsibilities include building with Next.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, Python, PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch; deploying with Docker/OpenShift; and collaborating with stakeholders in an Agile environment. Security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• 9 years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Data Science, and/or Software Engineering roles or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree may be substituted for 4 years of experience; Master’s for 6 years.
• TS/SCI Clearance with Active CI Polygraph.
• Proficiency with at least one generative AI framework (LangChain, haystack, LlamaIndex).
• Prompt engineering and prompt management expertise.
• Experience developing agentic AI solutions including MCP, tool development, context engineering, and A2A communication.
• Strong React.js and TypeScript skills (functional components, hooks, API integration).
• Backend services and REST APIs using Node.js or Python.
• PostgreSQL data modeling, SQL, migrations, indexing, optimization.
• Docker: writing Dockerfiles, building images, troubleshooting containers.
• Excellent communication to translate business needs into technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Ideate, prototype, and deliver AI-enabled solutions aligned with stakeholders and existing environments.
• Design and maintain full-stack apps using Next.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, Python, PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch.
• Use Pydantic and Zod for data validation; ensure data integrity.
• Build and deploy Docker images; manage deployments in OpenShift.
• Investigate and resolve production issues across UI, backend, DB, and deployment.
• Collaborate with customers, product owners, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and estimate effort.
• Participate in design reviews, write automated tests, and maintain technical docs.
• Work with AWS products and AI observability platforms (Langfuse, LangSmith).
• Develop agentic AI coding harnesses (Codex) and use Next.js AI SDK and FastMCP.
• Familiarity with DoW-style workflows; Linux, Kubernetes concepts; ensure security, accessibility, performance.

Skills

Generative AI frameworks

Prompt engineering

Agile development

Communication skills

Education

BS in CS or related field

Tools

Next.js

TypeScript

FastAPI

Python

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Langfuse

LangSmith

Codex

Next.js AI SDK

FastMCP

AWS

React.js

REST APIs

Job description

Freedom Technology Solutions Group seeks an AI Engineer (Mid-level) for roles in Washington DC, Annapolis Junction, or Reston, VA. The candidate will support an IC customer on mission-driven applications and drive AI-enabled solutions across full-stack systems.

Responsibilities include building with Next.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, Python, PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch; deploying with Docker/OpenShift; and collaborating with stakeholders in an Agile environment. Security clearance is required.