Senior Applied AI Engineer — LLM & RAG Architect

Neural Solutions; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 204,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD is seeking a senior software engineer to design and build production AI-enabled software that accelerates mission workflows using LLMs, RAG, and modern engineering practices.

You''ll work with mission customers to translate requirements into scalable back-end services, architect AI-powered pipelines, and ensure robust deployment in containerized environments. TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance is required.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in technical software development with a Bachelor's degree, or 16 years without.
• Strong Python production software development experience.
• Experience designing distributed or backend systems and AI-enabled applications with LLMs/RAG.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain production AI-enabled software applications using Python.
• Architect and implement LLM-powered workflows, RAG pipelines, and AI agent capabilities that solve mission problems.

Skills

Production software development using

Education

12 years with Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or 16 years without degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD is seeking a senior software engineer to design and build production AI-enabled software that accelerates mission workflows using LLMs, RAG, and modern engineering practices.

You''ll work with mission customers to translate requirements into scalable back-end services, architect AI-powered pipelines, and ensure robust deployment in containerized environments. TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance is required.