Sr. AI Developer (1160401)

The Judge Group; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Remote work

Job summary

The Judge Group is seeking a Sr. AI Developer to lead design, development, deployment, and delivery of complex AI and ML solutions for a large federal healthcare agency.

This remote role requires US citizenship and emphasizes responsible AI, security, and compliance across the project lifecycle. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, set technical direction, and collaborate with clients and product stakeholders to deliver scalable AI architectures and production-ready solutions in cloud

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Degree in computer science, data science, AI, engineering, information systems, statistics, or related field.
• Senior-level experience designing and developing AI/ML solutions with Python and modern frameworks.
• 3+ years architecting and deploying AI in cloud environments with data sources and APIs.
• 5+ years leading technical development teams.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning, architecture, development, testing, deployment and delivery of AI/ML and public health analytics solutions.
• Translate objectives into technical requirements, architectures, product roadmaps, milestones and deliverables.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams.
• Serve as primary technical contact for clients and stakeholders.
• Design and develop production-ready AI solutions and APIs using modern frameworks and cloud services.
• Oversee software engineering and MLOps practices including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and deployment.

Skills

Python

AI/ML frameworks

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Communication

DevSecOps/MLOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science/AI/Engineering/Information Systems/Statistics or related technical field

Tools

CI/CD

Git

Job description

Location: Remote, null, USA

Salary: $70.00 USD Hourly - $80.00 USD Hourly

Description: The Judge Group is currently seeking a Sr. AI Developer to support a large federal healthcare agency. This position is remote and requires US citizenship.

NO THIRD PARTIES

The Senior AI Developer / Technical Lead will lead the design, development, deployment, and delivery of complex artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, and public health analytics solutions for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and related clients. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with end-to-end project oversight, translating program objectives into scalable AI architectures and actionable delivery plans. The position is responsible for guiding multidisciplinary teams, establishing secure and responsible AI development practices, managing technical risks, and ensuring high-quality, compliant solutions. The successful candidate will serve as a primary liaison between clients, product stakeholders, and technical teams while driving innovation, reproducibility, maintainability, and continuous improvement across AI and analytics workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and delivery of complex AI, machine learning, generative AI, and public health analytics solutions, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, security, performance, and quality objectives are met.
• Translate client, user, and program objectives into technical requirements, AI solution architectures, product roadmaps, work plans, milestones, and deliverables aligned with federal standards, responsible AI principles, and stakeholder expectations.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams of AI developers, machine learning engineers, data engineers, data scientists, biostatisticians, and epidemiologists, fostering collaboration, accountability, code quality, and high performance.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders, communicating AI capabilities, limitations, tradeoffs, delivery status, and risks while facilitating timely technical and product decisions.
• Design and develop production-ready AI solutions, including machine learning models, generative AI applications, retrieval-augmented generation workflows, intelligent agents, APIs, and reusable software components using modern development frameworks and cloud services.
• Establish and oversee software engineering and MLOps practices, including version control, peer review, automated testing, CI/CD, model evaluation, monitoring, performance optimization, documentation, and secure deployment across development, test, and production environments.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and select appropriate models, frameworks, platforms, and integration patterns based on solution requirements, cost, scalability, security, explainability, and operational sustainability.
• Implement responsible AI, privacy, security, and data governance controls throughout the solution lifecycle; identify technical risks and dependencies; and mentor developers through architecture reviews, coding standards, troubleshooting, and knowledge sharing.

What You Will Need

• U.S. Citizenship
• Degree in computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, engineering, information systems, statistics, or a related technical field is required.
• Demonstrated senior-level experience designing and developing AI or machine learning solutions using Python and modern AI/ML frameworks, with the ability to produce, review, and troubleshoot production-quality code.
• Minimum of 3+ years' experience architecting and deploying AI applications in cloud environments, integrating models with enterprise data sources and APIs, and applying software engineering, DevSecOps, MLOps, testing, monitoring, and documentation practices.
• Minimum of 5+ years experience leading technical development team(s),
• Great communication skills.
• Must be able to work in matrixed environment.
• Experience in data engineering, software development, or related roles.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams and communicate complex AI concepts, architecture decisions, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders in public health, healthcare, government, or other regulated environments.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.

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