Senior AI/ML Engineer: Agentic Systems & MLOps

Peraton; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Software Engineer to advance AI/ML capabilities in a cloud‑based analytics ecosystem. You will rapidly develop and validate proofs‑of‑concepts for agentic AI use cases, prototype with cutting‑edge analytics tools, and help move successful concepts toward deployment.

You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to evaluate tools, build demonstrations, document integrations, and communicate platform updates in a highly collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Software engineering background with production‑grade apps and services.
• Experience developing agentic AI systems including planning, tool use, multi‑step reasoning, and autonomous workflows.
• Hands-on experience designing MCP‑based integrations, tool interfaces, or model‑driven service frameworks.
• Translate ambiguous business or mission requirements into scalable AI‑driven solutions.
• Proficiency with LLM development practices including finetuning, RAG, prompt engineering, and agent workflows.
• Strong Python development skills and familiarity with distributed compute, APIs, microservices, and cloud‑native architectures.
• Experience integrating agents or LLM components into cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) or large data ecosystems.
• Understanding of MLOps/LLMOps principles including versioning, testing, deployment automation, monitoring, governance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead solution design and mentor developers.

Responsibilities

• Operate in a fast‑paced innovation environment, prototyping AI/ML use cases and validating proofs‑of‑concepts.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to evaluate emerging tools and build demonstrations.
• Document integrations and communicate platform updates in a highly collaborative setting.

Skills

Software engineering

Agentic AI systems

MCP integrations

LLM development

Python development

Cloud platforms

LLMOps/MLOps

CI/CD

Clearance - Public Trust

Solution design leadership

Education

BS/BA in related field

MS/MA in related field

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Strands Agents

LangGraph

CrewAI

Databricks

Snowflake

Git/GitHub

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Software Engineer to advance AI/ML capabilities in a cloud‑based analytics ecosystem. You will rapidly develop and validate proofs‑of‑concepts for agentic AI use cases, prototype with cutting‑edge analytics tools, and help move successful concepts toward deployment.

You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to evaluate tools, build demonstrations, document integrations, and communicate platform updates in a highly collaborative environment.