AI Software Engineer

General Dynamics

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Work type: On-site
Location: Chantilly, VA
Salary: $186,542–$252,379 / yr
Posted: 73 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1377 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · AI Software Engineer

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The AI Software Engineer joins the Data Science and Data Engineering team to design, develop, and sustain cloud-enabled applications within a Lean Agile environment. This role involves building secure, scalable, and maintainable mission-critical systems by developing frontend Single Page Applications using React, HTML5, and CSS3, while constructing backend RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express.js. Key responsibilities include implementing LLM-powered capabilities, specifically Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, and designing scalable search systems using Elasticsearch for hybrid search involving BM25 and vector search. The engineer will manage data pipelines for ingestion, chunking, and embeddings while performing unit testing with Jest or Karma. Technical requirements include proficiency in AWS, Git, Jenkins, and Nexus to solve complex search engineering and AI-assisted retrieval problems for secure government systems.

Skills

LLM RAG Elasticsearch React Node.js Express.js AWS JavaScript HTML5 CSS3 Git Jenkins Nexus Jest Karma RESTful APIs Vector Databases Apache Tomcat Lean Agile

What you'll do

Design, develop, and modify scalable software systems and cloud-enabled applications.
Develop and integrate LLM-powered capabilities, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.
Design and implement scalable search and retrieval systems leveraging Elasticsearch.
Build and maintain frontend Single Page Applications using React, HTML5, and CSS3.
Develop and build backend RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express.js.
Design and implement data pipelines for hybrid search covering ingestion, chunking, and embeddings.
Perform unit testing, code reviews, and troubleshoot web protocols and server technologies.
Translate customer and system requirements into actionable design specifications and data exchange workflows.

What we're looking for

US Citizenship is required.
Must currently possess an active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph clearance.
10+ years of related experience is required.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is required.
Demonstrated experience building or integrating LLM-based solutions, including RAG pipelines and semantic search.
Demonstrated experience with Elasticsearch, including index design, query development, and cluster scaling.
Demonstrated experience in frontend SPA development using React, HTML5, CSS3, and modern JavaScript.
Security clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph.

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