AI Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton
McLean, VA2026-04-22Full time

About the job

As a programmer, you know that machine learning (ML) is critical to understanding and processing massive datasets. Your ability to conduct statistical analyses on business processes using ML techniques makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused solution. We need your technical knowledge and desire to problem-solve to support transforming the federal government with AI. As an AI Engineer on our national security team, you’ll build agentic systems, fine tune models, build RL environments, and make AI a reality for our clients.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the direction of mission-critical solutions by applying best-fit AI models and technologies.

Grow within a large community of AI engineers across the company and collaborate with product teams, data engineers, and government stakeholders to deliver world-class solutions to build agentic systems.

Help clients navigate the landscape of AI algorithms, tools, and frameworks.

Qualifications

Minimum

Experience leading technical teams in the development of enterprise or government AI or ML systems

Experience engaging with non-technical leadership teams to communicate technical content and build requirements

Experience working with LLMs or Generative AI systems

Knowledge of AI frameworks, supporting tools, and design patterns such as LangGraph, MCP, or A2A

Knowledge of a scripting language

Ability to map AI solutions onto customer problems

TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Bachelor's degree in a Technology field such as CS or Statistics

Preferred

Experience training generative AI systems

Experience deploying generative AI systems into production environments

Experience working in the Intelligence Community

Experience with a deep learning framework such as PyTorch or Keras

Knowledge of Python

Knowledge of security requirements for production code in government systems

Ability to translate general user requirements into actionable tasks

Master's degree in a Technology field preferred; Doctorate degree in a Technology field a plus

Cloud Certifications such as AWS Certified AI Practitioner Certification