Top Secret AI Software Engineer - ML & LLM Specialist

Latitude; Aurora (CO); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO for vacation and personal time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Aurora, CO is seeking a Level 3/4 AI Software Engineer to join a growing software team. You will work on ML/LLM systems, implement production-grade Python, and contribute to end-to-end data pipelines, model training, and deployment in a secure environment.

Role requires active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, strong ML fundamentals, and experience with Python, NumPy, pandas, PyTorch, and containerized workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science required or equivalent experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Python for production-grade ML pipelines.
• Experience with ML/DL workflows and model deployment.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end problem-solving to troubleshoot and optimize data pipelines, model training, and serving.
• Self-starter attitude with ownership to drive projects forward.

Skills

Python

LLMs

ML fundamentals

NumPy

Pandas

PyTorch

Git

Docker

Bash

Unix

Data pipelines

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in science

Master's degree

Tools

Git

Docker

FastAPI

Flask

gRPC

TorchServe

ONNX Runtime

MLflow

Weights & Biases

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Aurora, CO is seeking a Level 3/4 AI Software Engineer to join a growing software team. You will work on ML/LLM systems, implement production-grade Python, and contribute to end-to-end data pipelines, model training, and deployment in a secure environment.

Role requires active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, strong ML fundamentals, and experience with Python, NumPy, pandas, PyTorch, and containerized workflows.