Senior AI Engineer—GenAI, MLOps & Federal Systems

Gridiron IT; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA

401(k)

Job summary

Gridiron IT is seeking an AI Engineer Senior to support a federal program in Chantilly, VA. The role focuses on designing, developing, and deploying scalable AI/ML and GenAI systems, with data pipelines for training, evaluation, and inference.

Requirements include advanced Python, ML frameworks, vector databases, and experience with MLOps. A Top Secret clearance may be required. This is an on-site, full-time position in Chantilly, VA.

Qualifications

• Advanced Python programming with strong knowledge of algorithms and distributed systems.
• Experience deploying production GenAI/LLM models, embeddings and vector databases.
• Familiarity with ML frameworks and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Hands-on MLOps experience (CI/CD, monitoring, etc.).
• Background in NLP, computer vision, or reinforcement learning.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and deploys scalable, production-ready AI/ML and GenAI systems by building data pipelines for model training, evaluation, and inference.
• Architects APIs and microservices; optimize models for accuracy, latency, and scalability.
• Ensure AI governance, documentation, and ethical standards compliance; work within agile teams.

Skills

Advanced Python

Algorithms & data structures

Distributed systems

GenAI deployment

ML frameworks

Cloud platforms

Tools

MLflow

Azure ML

Vertex AI

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

Job description

Gridiron IT is seeking an AI Engineer Senior to support a federal program in Chantilly, VA. The role focuses on designing, developing, and deploying scalable AI/ML and GenAI systems, with data pipelines for training, evaluation, and inference.

Requirements include advanced Python, ML frameworks, vector databases, and experience with MLOps. A Top Secret clearance may be required. This is an on-site, full-time position in Chantilly, VA.