Senior Data Engineer - Mission-Critical Systems (Hybrid NCR)

Warfighter AI, LLC; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Impactful mission-driven work

Job summary

Warfighter AI, LLC in the National Capital Region seeks a Senior Software/Data Engineer to design, build, and harden APIs, MCP integrations, and agent tools. You’ll enable reliable operation in demanding environments where nothing is ever 100% guaranteed.

Ideal candidates hold TS/SCI clearance, thrive in hybrid work, and can scale production systems for warfighters. This role combines software and data engineering to deliver mission-relevant capabilities.

Qualifications

• Must design and implement scalable APIs for production use.
• Develop MCP server/tools for agentic systems at scale.
• Architect robust agent skills to make model behaviors trustworthy.
• Engineer data pipelines that feed decisions, not dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Design and integrate APIs at production scale.
• Build MCP server/tool components for agentic systems.
• Develop and refine agent skill architecture for reliable operations.
• Create data engineering solutions that feed decisions.

Skills

API design

MCP server development

Agent skill architecture

Data engineering

Job description

Warfighter AI, LLC in the National Capital Region seeks a Senior Software/Data Engineer to design, build, and harden APIs, MCP integrations, and agent tools. You’ll enable reliable operation in demanding environments where nothing is ever 100% guaranteed.

Ideal candidates hold TS/SCI clearance, thrive in hybrid work, and can scale production systems for warfighters. This role combines software and data engineering to deliver mission-relevant capabilities.