AI Platform Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton
Laurel, MD2026-04-17Full time

About the job

As an AI Platform Engineer, you know that good software is more than just a nice-looking interface and data. Today, you need to develop user-focused solutions that increase organizational efficiency and enable better decision-making. Booz Allen is the leading provider of AI services to the nation—we’re looking for a software engineer like you to create artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions that help solve the nation's toughest problems.

Responsibilities

Create and implement complete end-to-end solutions that modernize client systems.

Ensure that your team’s solutions consider the broader ecosystem and operating environment as well as future functionality and enhancements.

Deepen your skill set in areas like AI and cloud.

Qualifications

Minimum

Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale production systems

Experience in systems integration across various technologies and platforms

Experience with cloud engineering in AWS

Experience programming in Python

Experience with Kubernetes administration and deployment patterns

Experience implementing and scaling observability solutions, including APM, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, or Prometheus

Experience leading technical initiatives and influencing organizational change

Experience assisting with developing technical policies and governance frameworks

TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience in software engineering, or 16+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree

Preferred

Experience with AI inference technologies, including vLLM or LiteLLM

Experience with agentic frameworks, including LangChain

Experience with vector databases and embedding systems

Experience with high-performance computing or distributed systems