AI Developer

Booz Allen Hamilton

Actively hiring
San Antonio, TX Posted 30 days ago $77,500–$176,000 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

As an experienced AI Developer on the Air Power team, you will be responsible for training, testing, deploying, and maintaining mission-critical AI models that process vast datasets. You’ll collaborate with data engineers, scientists, architects, and product owners to develop cutting-edge agentic frameworks and deliver innovative solutions that transform how the Air Force operates daily. Your day-to-day tasks include building secure data foundations on enterprise cloud platforms like AWS, implementing MLOps practices in regulated environments, and designing event-driven integrations for workflow automation. You should have 2+ years of experience with Python, TypeScript, or Java, along with expertise in deploying AI applications such as LLMs and RAG. Additional skills in geospatial data, knowledge-centric systems, sensor integration, Kubernetes, and computer vision pipelines are highly desirable.

Skills

Python FastAPI Flask REST GraphQL AWS MLOps DevSecOps CI/CD Kubernetes Terraform Docker Prometheus Grafana SQL PostgreSQL Redis VectorDB KnowledgeGraph SemanticSearch Apache Kafka NATS RabbitMQ

What you'll do

  • - Train, test, deploy, and maintain AI models for mission-critical solutions.
  • - Apply cutting-edge Agentic frameworks to define the direction of AI systems.
  • - Develop secure data foundations on enterprise cloud platforms like AWS.
  • - Design event-driven integrations and workflow automation for efficient operations.
  • - Implement MLOps practices such as CI/CD, containerization, and automated testing.

What we're looking for

  • 2+ years of experience in building production-grade software using Python, TypeScript, or Java with APIs and data services.
  • Experience developing and deploying AI-enabled applications like LLMs, RAG, GraphRAG, agentic workflows, or tool-calling to solve mission problems.
  • Expertise in securing enterprise cloud platforms such as AWS for governed data ingest, cataloging, and mesh-style data products.
  • Proficiency in designing event-driven integrations and workflow automation with asynchronous messaging, job orchestration, and audit logging.
  • Implementation of MLOps practices including CI/CD, containerization, automated testing, model evaluation, and monitoring in regulated environments.
  • Active Secret clearance required for the position.

Market check

Salary context

This $77,500–$176,000 range sits above 5% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$158,700–$238,050

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$159,750–$235,750

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 627 open roles on FindRole.

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