Senior AI Software Engineer - Mission-Driven Federal AI

Credence; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 155,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Family Leave

Disability

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Job summary

Credence seeks a Senior AI Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy advanced AI-driven solutions for federal clients, including generative AI and agentic systems. You will mentor engineers and guide technical direction while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable capabilities.

Join Credence to strengthen engineering practices, drive mission-focused AI delivery, and shape the future of AI-enabled federal programs with secure, measurable impact.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance required or imminent.
• 7+ years hands-on software engineering with AI/ML in production.
• Experience delivering generative AI and LLM-powered solutions.
• Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks and model evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of generative AI and LLM capabilities.
• Own end-to-end agentic AI development lifecycles.
• Apply software engineering principles; conduct code reviews.
• Collaborate across data, cloud, and mission stakeholders.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

AI/ML experience

TypeScript

Python

CI/CD

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LangChain

Vercel AI SDK

Nx/Next.js

Playwright

Job description

Credence seeks a Senior AI Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy advanced AI-driven solutions for federal clients, including generative AI and agentic systems. You will mentor engineers and guide technical direction while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable capabilities.

Join Credence to strengthen engineering practices, drive mission-focused AI delivery, and shape the future of AI-enabled federal programs with secure, measurable impact.