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Location
Washington, DC
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance, required

Job overview

The Mid-level AI Engineer supports an IC customer on mission-driven applications. The role involves delivering AI-enabled solutions and developing full-stack applications, then deploying and supporting them in OpenShift. The engineer collaborates with customers and stakeholders to clarify requirements and estimate work, and participates in technical design and code reviews, automated testing, and documentation.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Generative AI Frameworks, requiredPrompt Engineering, requiredPrompt Management, requiredAgentic AI Solutions, requiredMCP, requiredTool Development, requiredContext Engineering, requiredA2A Communication, requiredReact.js, requiredTypeScript, requiredBackend Services, requiredREST APIs, requiredPostgreSQL, requiredRelational Data Modeling, requiredSQL, requiredSchema Migrations, requiredIndexing, requiredQuery Optimization, requiredDocker, requiredCommunication, requiredTranslating Business Needs, requiredAWS, nice to haveAI Observability Platforms, nice to haveAgentic AI Coding Harnesses, nice to haveNext.js AI SDK, nice to haveFastMCP, nice to haveDepartment of War Software Development, nice to haveLinux, nice to haveKubernetes, nice to haveApplication Security, nice to haveAccessibility, nice to havePerformance Optimization, nice to haveReliability, nice to haveAgile Development, nice to haveCross-Functional Coordination, nice to have

Qualifications

9 Years Relevant Experience, requiredTS/SCI Clearance With Active CI Polygraph, requiredBachelor's or 4 Years Experience or Master's or 6 Years Experience, required

Full job description

As a Mid-level AI Engineer with you will be supporting an IC Customer working on mission driven applications. Candidates in this role will:

  • Ideate, prototype, and deliver AI-enabled solutions in alignment with stakeholders and existing application environments.

  • Design, develop, and maintain full stack applications using Next.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, Python, PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch.

  • Use Pydantic (Python) and Zod (TypeScript) for data validation.

  • Build and maintain Docker images and deploy, configure, and troubleshoot applications in OpenShift.

  • Investigate and resolve production issues across the user interface, backend services, database, and application deployment.

  • Work with customers, product owners, and other stakeholders to clarify requirements, identify dependencies, and estimate implementation effort.

  • Participate in technical design and code reviews, write automated tests, and maintain technical documentation.

Education and Experience Requirements:

  • 9 years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Data Science, and/or Software Engineering roles or a highly related field of work with similar scope and responsibilities.

  • A Bachelor’s degree may be substituted for 4 years of experience and a Master’s Degree may be substituted for 6 years of experience.

Required Qualifications:

  • TS/SCI Clearance with Active CI Polygraph

  • Strong proficiency with at least 1 generative AI framework which includes but is not limited to: LangChain, haystack by deepset, and LlamaIndex among others.

  • Strong proficiency in prompt engineering and prompt management.

  • Experience with developing agentic AI-solutions including MCP, tool development, context engineering, and agent-to-agent (A2A) communication.

  • Strong proficiency in React.js and TypeScript, including functional components, hooks, reusable component design, and API integration.

  • Strong experience developing backend services and REST APIs using Node.js or Python.

  • Proficiency with PostgreSQL, including relational data modeling, SQL, schema migrations, indexing, and query optimization.

  • Hands-on experience with Docker, including writing Dockerfiles, building images, and troubleshooting containers.

  • Strong communication skills and the ability to translate business and customer needs into clear technical requirements

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with AWS products.

  • Experience with AI observability platforms such as Langfuse and LangSmith.

  • Experience developing with agentic AI coding harnesses such as Codex.

  • Experience with Next.js AI SDK and FastMCP.

  • Familiarity with software development within the Department of War.

  • Familiarity with Linux environments and Kubernetes concepts.

  • Experience improving application security, accessibility, performance, and reliability.

  • Experience working in an Agile development environment and coordinating with product, operations, and security teams.

Work Location:

Annapolis Junction, MD; Washington, DC; or Reston, VA

How this job compares

Set against the 7,333 open AI Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Washington, D.C. median$125–220K/yr80 salary ranges
  • US median$31–84/hr119 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 92 open AI Engineer jobs in Washington, D.C. and 7,333 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience — more than three in four AI Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 6,346 postings).
Education
2,819 of the 7,333 open AI Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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