AI Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Washington, DC
Salary
$99,000–$225,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
96 days ago
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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 1662 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · AI Engineer

JOB TITLE: AI Engineer The AI Engineer will design, build, and operate production-grade AI systems, owning the full lifecycle of agentic applications and machine learning solutions. You will develop and deploy multi-agent systems in cloud environments, ensuring high performance through tracing, metrics, and latency optimization. Key responsibilities include designing RAG pipelines, implementing traditional ML, and managing data pipelines. You will utilize a technical stack including FastAPI, Flask, Node.js, and cloud services like AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, and EKS. Required skills involve experience with LangGraph, Strands, and vector stores, alongside observability tools like OpenTelemetry and Datadog. You will also use AI-assisted coding tools like Copilot and Claude Code. This role solves complex problems involving agentic patterns, prompt caching, and guardrails within federal mission environments.

What does a AI Engineer earn?

Median $211200 from 139 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate production-grade AI systems and multi-agent applications at scale.
  • Own the full lifecycle of ML solutions from data pipelines to model development and evaluation.
  • Deploy and manage AI applications in cloud-native environments using AWS or Azure services.
  • Design and evaluate RAG pipelines while optimizing for latency, caching, and retrieval.
  • Implement observability by setting up tracing, metrics, and performance dashboards using tools like OpenTelemetry.
  • Develop APIs and services using frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Node.js.
  • Deploy models, agents, and applications through automated CI/CD pipelines.
  • Utilize AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate the development of complex software tasks.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or STEM field.
  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
  • 3+ years of experience building production systems and applications, including AI/ML applications.
  • 2+ years of experience developing Generative AI applications using LLMs, RAG frameworks, and vector stores.
  • Experience designing and building APIs and services with FastAPI, Flask, or Node.js.
  • Experience working in cloud-native environments like AWS and Azure with services like Bedrock, SageMaker, EKS, and S3.
  • Experience with agent orchestration frameworks like LangGraph and Strands, and implementing observability via OpenTelemetry or Datadog.
  • Experience deploying models, agents, or applications via CI/CD.
  • Experience supporting DoW clients or other federal mission environments (preferred).
  • Experience with advanced agentic patterns, enterprise data platforms like Databricks, or large data processing pipelines (preferred).
  • Master’s degree (preferred).

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