Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI — On-Site

Leonardo DRS; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 107,089 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonardo DRS in Germantown, MD, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer-Applied AI. This on-site role focuses on delivering AI/ML-enabled features within our Linux-based radar software ecosystem, shipping Python-backed tooling, backend services, and internal apps that integrate with Rust microservices and TypeScript UIs.

As a senior engineer you will mentor teammates, own design and code quality, collaborate with domain experts, and contribute to LLM integrations, retrieval pipelines, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong Python proficiency and experience building software in Linux environments
• Experience building backend services, internal tools, automation, or APIs, working with both structured and unstructured data
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML-enabled applications (e.g., document search, summarization, extraction, prompt-based workflows, model evaluation/integration, or classification pipelines)
• Familiarity with modern engineering practices: version control, testing, debugging, and code review
• Strong problem-solving skills and effective collaboration across backend, platform, and UI teams and with domain experts

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain internal tools, backend services, and automation workflows in Python on a Linux platform
• Develop AI/ML-enabled features: document search, summarization, extraction, retrieval-based workflows, and intelligent automation
• Integrate LLMs, APIs, and internal/external services; define service interfaces and data contracts across Python, Rust, and TypeScript
• Support the ML lifecycle (dataset preparation, labeling, training/evaluation automation, and model integration) in partnership with technical leads and domain experts
• Write testable, production-quality code and own deployment, logging, troubleshooting, and documentation in Linux environments
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on design and sound engineering practices

Skills

Python

Linux

Backend services

AI/ML applications

Version control

Testing & debugging

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Docker

FastAPI

Rust

TypeScript

Job description

Leonardo DRS in Germantown, MD, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer-Applied AI. This on-site role focuses on delivering AI/ML-enabled features within our Linux-based radar software ecosystem, shipping Python-backed tooling, backend services, and internal apps that integrate with Rust microservices and TypeScript UIs.

As a senior engineer you will mentor teammates, own design and code quality, collaborate with domain experts, and contribute to LLM integrations, retrieval pipelines, and