Senior AI Software Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Honolulu, HI
Salary
$86,900–$198,000 / yr
Posted
14 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $166k
This role $142k
$71k most similar roles pay here $236k

This role pays less than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$182,137 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $166k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 802 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $86,800–$198,000 across 783 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior AI Software Engineer

As an AI Software Engineer, Senior, you will join a multidisciplinary team to design and develop production-grade AI applications that leverage large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic workflows. You will build modular components for prompting, orchestration, and tool execution while developing data pipelines to ingest and index structured and unstructured information. Your daily work involves creating evaluation frameworks to measure safety and performance, optimizing systems for latency and cost, and implementing asynchronous programming patterns. The role requires proficiency in Python, LangChain, and cloud-native deployment using AWS, Docker, or Kubernetes. You will also utilize AI-assisted development tools to accelerate prototyping while maintaining engineering rigor. This position focuses on solving complex problems by integrating foundation models with enterprise data sources to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure solutions within a mission-critical context.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop production AI applications using LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows.
  • Architect modular components for prompting, retrieval, orchestration, and tool execution.
  • Build data pipelines to ingest, transform, and index structured and unstructured data.
  • Implement evaluation frameworks to measure the correctness, safety, and performance of AI outputs.
  • Optimize applications for latency, reliability, scalability, and operational cost through benchmarking.
  • Deploy AI services securely on cloud platforms using Docker, Kubernetes, or serverless patterns.
  • Apply modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and versioning.
  • Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate implementation while maintaining high code quality.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technology field.
  • Secret security clearance is required.
  • 3+ years of experience with software engineering in a professional work environment.
  • 2+ years of experience developing AI or machine learning solutions in a professional environment.
  • Experience building production AI applications using programming languages such as Python.
  • Experience designing and implementing generative AI applications using large language models and RAG solutions.
  • Experience with AI orchestration frameworks like LangChain and integrating systems with enterprise data.
  • Experience deploying cloud-native applications on platforms such as AWS.

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