Senior AI/ML Systems Engineer — TS/SCI Clearance

BuddoBot Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf is seeking a Senior AI Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI/ML solutions and microservices in a secure, multi-cloud environment. You will integrate open-source and proprietary models, fine-tune workflows, and create RAG-based applications while ensuring CI/CD security through automated scanning.

You will work in an Agile team, mentor junior developers, and contribute to architecture decisions across AWS or Azure GovCloud.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full-Scope Polygraph required.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field; Master's preferred.
• 4–7 years software engineering experience; government/security domain a plus.

Responsibilities

• Fine-tune AI models for mission-specific requirements.
• Develop RAG pipelines and vector search integrations.
• Build and manage containerized microservices with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Integrate SAST/DAST tools into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate in Agile teams, review technical work, mentor juniors.

Skills

Python

C++

REST API design

AI/ML pipelines

Agile sprint planning

Mentoring

Security-conscious development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Hugging Face

AWS

Azure GovCloud

Job description

Dark Wolf is seeking a Senior AI Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI/ML solutions and microservices in a secure, multi-cloud environment. You will integrate open-source and proprietary models, fine-tune workflows, and create RAG-based applications while ensuring CI/CD security through automated scanning.

You will work in an Agile team, mentor junior developers, and contribute to architecture decisions across AWS or Azure GovCloud.