Mission-Focused AI Software Engineer at Scale

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Retirement Plan (401k)

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Family Leave

Disability Benefits

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Job summary

Credence has an immediate need for an AI Software Engineer to join our AI and Automation practice in the Tysons area. You will be a technical anchor, applying foundational AI skills to build and deploy data-driven, cloud-native capabilities that advance federal missions.

You will work under mentorship from senior AI leaders, collaborating with engineering, data, and stakeholder teams to deliver high-impact AI solutions. A DoD clearance is preferred as part of eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/AI/ML or related field.
• 3–7 years delivering AI/ML solutions.
• Experience with generative AI, LLMs, and tool calls (MCP).
• Experience with agentic frameworks and AI APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock).
• Proficient in TypeScript and Python with relevant libraries (Nx, NextJS, LangChain).
• Experience deploying apps to AWS/GCP and using Docker/Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD (GitLab CI).
• Strong communication and client-oriented mindset; US Citizenship with DoD clearance.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to generative AI and LLM projects, prototyping and refining AI capabilities.
• Develop end-to-end agentic AI systems with model selection and tool calls.
• Maintain software engineering practices while leveraging AI code generation techniques.
• Collaborate with data engineers, software engineers, and data scientists on AI systems.
• Automate model deployment workflows using IaC, CI/CD, and container orchestration.
• Monitor performance post-deployment and tune for reliability and scalability.
• Document code and designs following federal guidelines; participate in design reviews.

Skills

Generative AI

LLMs

Python

TypeScript

JavaScript/Frontend libs

Cloud deployments

CI/CD

Container orchestration

AI APIs

Communication

Education

Bachelors or Masters in CS/AI/ML

Related field

Tools

Nx

NextJS

Mastra

Vercel AI SDK

Playwright

Jest

Vite

Terraform

AWS/CDK

CloudFormation

Job description

Credence has an immediate need for an AI Software Engineer to join our AI and Automation practice in the Tysons area. You will be a technical anchor, applying foundational AI skills to build and deploy data-driven, cloud-native capabilities that advance federal missions.

You will work under mentorship from senior AI leaders, collaborating with engineering, data, and stakeholder teams to deliver high-impact AI solutions. A DoD clearance is preferred as part of eligibility.