Agentic AI Engineer
Job Description
Design, build, and deploy production-grade agentic AI solutions that use generative AI, LLMs, and autonomous workflows to drive measurable outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Architect modular, reusable AI application patterns for agentic systems
- Integrate multiple model providers, including cloud-hosted, local, and hybrid deployments
- Apply modern GenAI capabilities such as structured prompting, tool use, workflow orchestration, and multi-modal reasoning
- Deliver solutions deployable across environments, from cloud platforms to portable, self-contained builds
- Optimize for latency, cost efficiency, observability, and safety
- Prototype and iterate quickly using AI-assisted development tools
- Advance through evaluation-driven development and continuous experimentation
- Set the direction for mission-critical agentic systems by selecting and combining prompting strategies, RAG architectures, agent workflows, and fine-tuned or foundation models as appropriate
- Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, solutions architects, and product owners to deliver end-to-end solutions
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience designing, developing, or deploying AI-driven systems, including autonomous agents, LLM-based systems, or automated decision pipelines
- 1+ years of experience with an object-oriented programming language, including Python, applied to AI and ML solution development
- Experience integrating LLMs, GPT-class models, or multimodal models into application components, pipelines, or mission systems
- Experience with RAG architectures, evaluation methodologies, experimentation workflows, and asynchronous or event-driven programming patterns
- Experience working in cross-functional delivery teams with data scientists, ML engineers, SREs, product managers, and security teams, including creating reference architectures and technical roadmaps
- Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree
Technologies
- Python
- LLMs
- GPT-class models
- RAG
- LangChain
- AutoGen
- CrewAI
- MCP
- A2A
- LangGraph
Nice if you have
- Experience with agent orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, or custom agent frameworks
- Experience with agent frameworks, interoperability standards, and multi-agent patterns including MCP, A2A, LangGraph, or equivalent
- Experience with model fine-tuning, prompt tuning, domain adaptation, or reinforcement learning from human or AI feedback
- Experience designing evaluation suites or safety testing frameworks for AI systems, and integrating AI systems with external tools, APIs, or enterprise systems via tool-calling or computer-use patterns
Clearance
- Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
- Secret clearance is required
Identity verification
- Completion of an identity verification process using advanced biometrics and AI is required as part of the hiring process
- Candidates are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments
- The employer reserves the right to take a picture to verify identity and prevent fraud
Candidate AI usage policy
- Use of AI or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided
Work model
- Onsite: Work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility
- Collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
- Paid leave
- Professional development
- Tuition assistance
- Work-life programs
- Dependent care
- Recognition awards program acknowledging employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of values
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week may be eligible to participate in Booz Allen benefit programs
- Salary range: $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD)
Location
- Arlington, VA (onsite)
Non-discrimination
- Employment consideration without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law