Senior AI Backend Engineer – Secure GovCloud, Remote

Mission Technologies, a division of HII; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

HII Mission Technologies is seeking an experienced AI Back-End Developer to join DSCA-focused initiatives. You will build secure, scalable Python back-end services and RESTful APIs, connecting front-end, enterprise systems, databases, and AI/RAG capabilities within an AWS GovCloud IL4/IL5 environment.

You will implement business logic, enable asynchronous processing, and ensure robust security and DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and secure communications.

Qualifications

• Senior backend development experience with Python.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud IL4/IL5 and secure cloud deployments.
• Familiarity with zero-trust security and ICAM integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production-grade Python backend services and RESTful APIs using FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar frameworks.
• Implement business logic, workflows, asynchronous processing, and integrations with enterprise systems, databases, and AI/RAG services.
• Integrate services with Amazon Bedrock capabilities using Boto3 and defined AI service interfaces.
• Support streamed AI responses and implement retries, timeouts, logging, auditing, and error-recovery mechanisms.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL relational database models, queries, transactions, and data-access patterns.
• Implement Zero Trust security practices, DoW/DoD ICAM integration, least-privilege access, and secure service-to-service communication.
• Develop and remediate components per STIG/SRG requirements and support security assessments and authorization activities.
• Contribute to DevSecOps with Git, CI/CD, automated testing.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

AI integration

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Git

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

Django

Boto3

PostgreSQL

Job description

HII Mission Technologies is seeking an experienced AI Back-End Developer to join DSCA-focused initiatives. You will build secure, scalable Python back-end services and RESTful APIs, connecting front-end, enterprise systems, databases, and AI/RAG capabilities within an AWS GovCloud IL4/IL5 environment.

You will implement business logic, enable asynchronous processing, and ensure robust security and DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and secure communications.