Remote Lead AI Software Engineer

Maximus; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus seeks a Lead AI Systems Engineer to design, build, and operate production AI-enabled software across government programs and enterprise contexts.

You will own complex problems, mentor engineers, and drive best practices in APIs, CI/CD, observability, and security while advancing AI capabilities in production environments.

The role is remote with responsibilities spanning design, deployment, testing, and optimization to deliver reliable, scalable systems for US government services.

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.
• Demonstrated experience owning software through deployment, production operations, troubleshooting, maintenance, and evolution.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system and API design, testing, source control, and secure development.
• Experience designing and implementing systems on AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.
• Experience with modern software delivery practices including automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and observability.
• Experience building or integrating AI/ML capabilities into software systems or demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply emerging technologies.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, and risks clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• US Citizenship required.
• Must have the ability to obtain a Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, ship, and operate production software systems incorporating AI and machine learning capabilities.
• Own difficult technical problems from initial exploration through implementation, deployment, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Write high-quality software and contribute directly to application code, APIs, services, automated tests, infrastructure, and engineering tooling.
• Build AI-enabled applications that integrate models, enterprise data, cloud services, APIs, and existing systems.
• Apply strong engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security, resiliency, and performance optimization.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies through hands-on experimentation and determine where they can provide practical value in production.
• Build reusable components, libraries, patterns, and reference implementations that help other teams deliver better software.
• Mentor other engineers through code reviews, pairing, design discussions, and shared problem solving.

Skills

Python

Go

C++

Rust

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Maximus seeks a Lead AI Systems Engineer to design, build, and operate production AI-enabled software across government programs and enterprise contexts.

You will own complex problems, mentor engineers, and drive best practices in APIs, CI/CD, observability, and security while advancing AI capabilities in production environments.

The role is remote with responsibilities spanning design, deployment, testing, and optimization to deliver reliable, scalable systems for US government services.