AI Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Fort Belvoir, VAReston, VA
Salary
$77,600–$176,000 / yr
Posted
84 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Sep 27, 2026 (soon)

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $178k
This role $127k
$60k most similar roles pay here $237k

This role pays less than 86% of similar roles. Most pay $145,575–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $127k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

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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 828 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $86,800–$198,000 across 802 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · AI Engineer

AI Engineer As an AI Engineer on the national security team, you will train, test, deploy, and maintain models that learn from data to support enterprise-wide applications and data capabilities. You will own and define the direction of critical solutions by applying best-fit machine learning algorithms while collaborating with data engineers, scientists, and MLOps specialists to process information at a massive scale. Your daily work involves building LLM-powered systems, complex data pipelines, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines. You will utilize Python, LangChain, LlamaIndex, vLLM, TGI, and vector databases like LanceDB, pgvector, and Elasticsearch. The role requires expertise in advanced prompting strategies, agentic workflows, and optimizing for latency and throughput. You will translate early prototypes into robust production systems to solve real-world challenges within the national security domain while navigating complex AI/ML tools and frameworks.

What does a AI Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $246150 from 61 postings across 4 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Train, test, deploy, and maintain machine learning models that learn from large datasets.
  • Develop and manage LLM-powered systems and complex data pipelines in production environments.
  • Implement advanced prompting strategies and AI orchestration frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex.
  • Integrate vector databases, embeddings, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines into applications.
  • Translate early-stage prototypes into robust, scalable, and high-performing production systems.
  • Optimize system performance for latency, throughput, and reliability.
  • Advise clients on the selection of appropriate AI/ML algorithms, tools, and frameworks.
  • Define AI strategy and technical solutions for national security customers.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning engineering, or AI systems development using Python.
  • Experience building, deploying, and maintaining LLM-powered systems and complex data pipelines in production environments.
  • Experience with advanced prompting, orchestration frameworks (LangChain/LlamaIndex), inference engines (vLLM/TGI), and agentic workflows.
  • Experience integrating embeddings, vector databases (LanceDB, pgvector, Elasticsearch), and RAG pipelines.
  • Ability to translate early-stage prototypes into robust, scalable production systems while optimizing for latency and throughput.
  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
  • Experience with MLOps, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), or fine-tuning models (preferred).
  • Bachelor's degree.

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