AI Software Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Honolulu, HI
Salary
$86,900–$198,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
39 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Dec 16, 2026

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Salary context

Below market

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This role pays less than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$178,112 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $164k 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 1662 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $86,800–$198,000 across 904 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · AI Software Engineer, Senior

The AI Software Engineer, Senior joins a multidisciplinary team to design and deliver production AI applications that leverage large language models and autonomous workflows. You will build modular, reusable components for prompting, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic workflows while integrating foundation models with enterprise data sources. Daily responsibilities include developing data pipelines, implementing evaluation frameworks for safety and correctness, and optimizing applications for latency and cost. You will utilize Python, LangChain, and AWS to deploy cloud-native services using Docker and Kubernetes. The role requires applying asynchronous programming, event-driven design, and CI/CD practices to solve complex technical problems. You must manage the full application lifecycle, including observability, guardrails, and responsible AI practices, to provide measurable mission impact through rapid prototyping and continuous experimentation.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop production AI applications integrating foundation models, retrieval systems, and enterprise data sources.
  • Architect modular AI components for prompting, orchestration, tool execution, memory, and evaluation.
  • Build applications leveraging RAG, long-context reasoning, and agentic workflows.
  • Develop data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and indexing structured and unstructured data.
  • Implement evaluation frameworks to measure correctness, robustness, safety, and mission outcomes.
  • Optimize AI applications for latency, reliability, scalability, and operational cost through benchmarking.
  • Deploy AI services securely on cloud platforms using Docker, Kubernetes, or serverless patterns.
  • Apply automated testing, CI/CD, and versioning for prompt and workflow management.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a technology field.
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 2+ years of professional experience developing AI or machine learning solutions.
  • Experience building production AI applications using Python and large language models.
  • Experience building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions and integrating AI with enterprise data.
  • Experience with AI orchestration frameworks such as LangChain.
  • Experience deploying cloud-native applications using platforms such as AWS.
  • Secret clearance.

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