Senior AI/ML Engineer — Geospatial & Secure AI

Vantor Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking 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 help analysts discover data, navigate applications, and complete approved workflows using natural language. The role requires strong software engineering, practical LLM experience, and expertise in secure AI within mission environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience integrating generative AI or LLMs into production software using RAG, embeddings, vector search, function calling, or agent workflows.
• Strong Python skills; proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript/Java/Go/C++ or other modern languages.
• Experience building REST APIs or microservices; familiar with Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and Agile development.

Responsibilities

• Integrate AI chatbots and assistants into 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 simplify AI use for analysts.
• 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; protect against prompt injection and data leakage.
• Deploy and operate AI services in Kubernetes and OpenShift, including restricted or disconnected environments; collaborate with customer teams.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

Go

C++

REST APIs

CI/CD

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering/AI/Data Science or related field

Tools

Git

Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift

Elasticsearch

React

Job description

Vantor Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking 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 help analysts discover data, navigate applications, and complete approved workflows using natural language. The role requires strong software engineering, practical LLM experience, and expertise in secure AI within mission environments.