Mission-Driven AI Software Engineer – Cloud & Gen AI

Credence Management Solutions, LLC; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary &

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & PH

Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Job summary

Credence Management Solutions, LLC in Tysons, VA is seeking an AI Software Engineer to anchor our AI and Automation practice. You will apply foundational AI skills to build data‑driven solutions and drive agentic AI lifecycles under mentorship from senior leaders, delivering cloud‑native capabilities for federal missions.

You will collaborate with engineering, data, and stakeholder teams to deploy and monitor AI systems, maintain code quality, and contribute to scalable, secure AI infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, AI/ML, or a related field.
• 1-5 years of hands‑on experience delivering AI/ML solutions.
• Experience in generative AI, working with LLMs, and adding tool calls (MCP).
• Experience with agentic frameworks such as Agent2Agent Protocol, Mastra, Strands, AgentCore, and/or Gemini Agent Platform.
• Deep understanding of AI APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock.
• Typescript proficiency and familiarity with libraries/frameworks (Nx, NextJS, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK, Playwright, Jest, Vite).
• Python proficiency and familiarity with libraries/frameworks (uv, Pydantic, FastAPI, CrewAI, LangChain, LangGraph, Unstructured).
• Experience deploying applications using cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and container tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI).
• Experience with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity).
• Strong communication skills and client‑oriented mindset.
• U.S. Citizenship with eligibility for DoD Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Generative AI & LLM usage across projects, prototyping and refining AI capabilities.
• Agentic AI system development: model selection, agent creation, tool calling, response synthesis.
• Maintain strong software engineering principles while accelerating AI workflows.
• Collaborative engineering with data engineers, software engineers, and data scientists for operational agent AI systems.
• Cloud enablement: IaC, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration.
• Production monitoring and optimization for reliability and scalability.
• Technical rigor & documentation following industry and federal guidelines.
• Mentorship and technical reviews to support growth.

Skills

AI/ML expertise

LLMs & tool calls

Cloud deployment

IaC

TypeScript

Python

CI/CD

Communication skills

DoD clearance eligible

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/AI/ML

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

Terraform/OpenIaC tools

Job description

Credence Management Solutions, LLC in Tysons, VA is seeking an AI Software Engineer to anchor our AI and Automation practice. You will apply foundational AI skills to build data‑driven solutions and drive agentic AI lifecycles under mentorship from senior leaders, delivering cloud‑native capabilities for federal missions.

You will collaborate with engineering, data, and stakeholder teams to deploy and monitor AI systems, maintain code quality, and contribute to scalable, secure AI infrastructure