Senior AI Developer

Digital Links Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Links Inc. seeks a Senior AI Developer to lead the design, development, integration, and deployment of secure and scalable AI-enabled applications for Federal Government missions. The role requires delivering production-ready apps, APIs, and human-in-the-loop solutions from approved AI models.

Based in Washington, DC, the position involves 3 days onsite and close collaboration with software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity teams, and product owners in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field.
• 3+ years of professional software development with AI-enabled apps.
• Proficient in Python or similar languages.
• Experience with REST APIs, databases, Git, CI/CD.
• Hands-on with LLMs, Generative AI, RAG, NLP, or document intelligence.
• Experience designing and integrating AI into production apps.
• Secure coding and application security knowledge.
• Experience in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop full-stack AI apps, APIs, microservices, dashboards, and workflow automations.
• Integrate LLMs, Generative AI, RAG pipelines, NLP, classification models, and document intelligence.
• Build AI backend services with vector stores, data platforms, and cloud services.
• Develop accessible applications meeting Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 Level A/AA.
• Implement human-in-the-loop capabilities with review queues, approvals, and audit trails.
• Design and implement secure AI solutions with prompt-injection protection and audit logging.
• Develop modular, secure code with Git, automated testing, and CI/CD.
• Create unit, integration, API, regression, performance, security, and accessibility tests.
• Support production deployments, monitoring, incident response, and improvements.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

REST APIs

CI/CD

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related technical field

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

LangChain

Job description

Position Summary

The Senior AI Developer will lead the design, development, integration, and deployment of secure, scalable, accessible, and maintainable AI-enabled applications and services. The role involves turning approved AI models and data capabilities into production-ready applications, APIs, workflow automations, and human-in-the-loop solutions supporting Federal Government missions.

Washington DC - 3 days onsite

Position Summary

The Senior AI Developer will lead the design, development, integration, and deployment of secure, scalable, accessible, and maintainable AI-enabled applications and services. The role involves turning approved AI models and data capabilities into production-ready applications, APIs, workflow automations, and human-in-the-loop solutions supporting Federal Government missions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop full-stack AI applications, APIs, microservices, dashboards, and workflow automations.
• Integrate LLMs, Generative AI, RAG pipelines, NLP, classification models, document intelligence, predictive analytics, agentic workflows, and MCP-based services.
• Build AI backend services integrating with vector stores, data platforms, identity providers, enterprise systems, and cloud services.
• Develop accessible applications meeting Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 Level A/AA requirements.
• Implement human-in-the-loop capabilities, including review queues, approvals, overrides, escalation workflows, feedback mechanisms, audit trails, and role-based access.
• Design and implement secure AI solutions, including prompt-injection protection, secure prompt/context handling, output validation, controlled tool use, and audit logging.
• Develop modular and maintainable code using secure SDLC practices, Git, code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD.
• Develop and maintain unit, integration, API, regression, performance, security, and accessibility tests.
• Support production deployments, monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, technical documentation, deployment procedures, runbooks, and knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity teams, product owners, and other stakeholders in an Agile environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience, with significant hands-on experience developing AI-enabled applications.
• Strong programming experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#, or similar languages.
• Strong experience with REST APIs, databases, Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and modern software-development practices.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, Generative AI, RAG, NLP, AI/ML APIs, search, automation, or document intelligence.
• Experience designing and integrating AI capabilities into production applications.
• Understanding of application security, secure coding, authentication, authorization, API security, and data protection.
• Experience working in Agile and cross-functional development environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• React, Angular, Vue, Node.js, FastAPI, Flask, Django, Spring Boot, or .NET
• LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, MCP
• Vector databases/stores and semantic search
• Docker, Kubernetes, serverless, Infrastructure as Code, API gateways
• Section 508 / WCAG accessibility development
• Federal Government IT or secure DevSecOps environments
• FedRAMP-authorized cloud services
• Experience with AI governance, AI security, human oversight, auditability, and responsible AI implementation

If you're open to exploring a senior-level AI opportunity where you can work on real-world Generative AI, LLM, RAG, and AI application development within a Federal Government