Senior AI/ML Engineer, TS/SCI - Geospatial AI

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor is seeking a Senior AI/ML Software Engineer to integrate secure chatbot and AI assistant capabilities into geospatial intelligence, analytics, visualization, and mission-support tools. You will enable analysts to discover data, navigate apps, and complete workflows using natural language.

The role requires strong software engineering skills, hands-on LLM experience, and knowledge of secure AI practices in mission environments. Candidates must be U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience integrating generative AI or LLMs into production software using 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.

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 like 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 ease AI use for analysts.
• Enforce identity, entitlements, and data-access policies; provide citations, provenance, audit records, and disclose system limits.
• Test AI quality, safety, latency, and usability; protect against prompt injection, data leakage, and unauthorized actions.
• Deploy and operate AI services in Kubernetes and OpenShift, including restricted or disconnected environments.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

Go

C++

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, data science, AI, or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift

Job description

Vantor is seeking a Senior AI/ML Software Engineer to integrate secure chatbot and AI assistant capabilities into geospatial intelligence, analytics, visualization, and mission-support tools. You will enable analysts to discover data, navigate apps, and complete workflows using natural language.

The role requires strong software engineering skills, hands-on LLM experience, and knowledge of secure AI practices in mission environments. Candidates must be U.S.