Senior AI/ML Engineer - Geospatial AI & Secure Chatbots

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 145,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantor seeks a Senior AI/ML Software Engineer to integrate secure chatbot and AI assistant capabilities into existing geospatial intelligence, analytics, visualization, and mission-support tools. You will enable data discovery, application navigation, and approved actions through natural-language interfaces.

The role requires strong software engineering, practical LLM experience, and the ability to work in secure, mission-focused environments, including Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, data science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering delivering production applications or services.
• Hands-on experience integrating generative AI or LLMs into production software applications using patterns such as RAG, embeddings, vector search, function calling, or agent workflows.
• Strong Python skills and experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Go, or C++.
• Experience building REST APIs or microservices and using Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and Agile development practices.
• Experience integrating enterprise data sources and applying secure identity, authorization, and data-protection controls.
• Willingness to work 75% or as needed in a SCIF environment in Herndon, VA; Denver, CO; or St. Louis, MO.
• U.S. Person with an active TS/SCI with CI poly, or the ability to obtain the required clearance and polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Integrate AI chatbots and assistants into existing geospatial, analytics, visualization, and mission applications.
• Build natural-language workflows for data discovery, application navigation, visualization generation, and approved actions.
• Implement LLM patterns such as prompt orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, tool calling, and conversation context.
• Connect AI services to REST APIs, data catalogs, search platforms, knowledge graphs, geospatial services, notebooks, and dashboards.
• Develop reusable backend services and frontend components that make AI assistance simple for analysts to use.
• Enforce identity, entitlements, and data-access policies; provide citations, provenance, audit records, and clear system limitations.
• Test and evaluate AI quality, safety, latency, and usability, including protections against prompt injection, data leakage, and unauthorized actions.
• Deploy and operate AI services in Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift, including restricted or disconnected environments.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

Go

C++

REST APIs

Microservices

AI/LLM integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/AI/Data Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift

Git

Docker

Elasticsearch

Knowledge graphs

Job description

Vantor seeks a Senior AI/ML Software Engineer to integrate secure chatbot and AI assistant capabilities into existing geospatial intelligence, analytics, visualization, and mission-support tools. You will enable data discovery, application navigation, and approved actions through natural-language interfaces.

The role requires strong software engineering, practical LLM experience, and the ability to work in secure, mission-focused environments, including Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment and