Remote Lead AI Systems Engineer: Build Production-Ready AI

Maximus; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus seeks a Lead Engineer, AI Software to design, build, and operate production AI-enabled software systems across government programs. This remote role emphasizes scalable applications, robust infrastructure, and end-to-end responsibility from exploration to deployment.

You will mentor engineers, translate complex algorithms into reliable code, and drive best practices in testing, security, and observability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop advanced AI software applications for scale and enterprise integration.
• Own difficult technical problems from exploration through deployment, troubleshooting, and evolution.
• Write high‑quality software including APIs, services, tests, infrastructure, and tooling.
• Build AI-enabled apps that integrate models, data, cloud services and existing systems.
• Apply robust engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and performance tuning.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and design discussions.

Skills

Python

Systems programming languages

Production systems ownership

AI/ML integration

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD

Job description

Maximus seeks a Lead Engineer, AI Software to design, build, and operate production AI-enabled software systems across government programs. This remote role emphasizes scalable applications, robust infrastructure, and end-to-end responsibility from exploration to deployment.

You will mentor engineers, translate complex algorithms into reliable code, and drive best practices in testing, security, and observability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.