TS/SCI AI Software Engineer - Spatial Intelligence

Vantor Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to integrate AI chatbots into geospatial and analytics applications, building workflows for data discovery and visualization. You will implement prompt orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, and tool calling, connecting services to REST APIs and knowledge graphs.

The role requires security clearance and experience shipping production AI features. You will deploy in Kubernetes/OpenShift, enforce data access controls, and evaluate AI

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with active TS/SCI clearance (CI poly preferred).
• 8+ years of professional software engineering delivering production applications.
• Experience integrating generative AI / LLMs into production software using RAG, embeddings, vector search, function calling, or agent workflows.
• Strong Python skills and experience with modern languages (JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Go, C++).
• Experience building REST APIs or microservices with Git, CI/CD, and Agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Integrate AI chatbots and assistants into geospatial, analytics, visualization, and mission apps.
• Build natural-language workflows for data discovery, navigation, visualization, and actions.
• Implement LLM patterns: prompt orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, tool calling, and context management.
• Connect AI services to REST APIs, data catalogs, search platforms, knowledge graphs, geospatial services, notebooks, and dashboards.
• Develop reusable backend services and frontend components for analyst-friendly AI assistance.
• Enforce identity, entitlements, data-access controls; provide citations, provenance, audit records, and clear system limitations.
• Test and evaluate AI quality, safety, latency, usability; protect against prompt injection and data leakage.
• Deploy and operate AI services in Kubernetes and OpenShift, including restricted/disconnected environments.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

C++

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/AI or related field

Tools

Testing frameworks

Containers (Docker)

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Job description

Vantor Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to integrate AI chatbots into geospatial and analytics applications, building workflows for data discovery and visualization. You will implement prompt orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, and tool calling, connecting services to REST APIs and knowledge graphs.

The role requires security clearance and experience shipping production AI features. You will deploy in Kubernetes/OpenShift, enforce data access controls, and evaluate AI