Senior AI Engineer

Wyetech is seeking a Senior AI Engineer (SWE3) to build and integrate AI/ML and LLM capabilities for vulnerability identification, mitigation, and certification in secure mission environments.

Responsibilities

• (U) Analyze, design, verify, validate, implement, and maintain complex software systems that support AI/ML mission requirements
• (U) Build LLM orchestration frameworks and design retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures
• (U) Develop and enhance AI-driven analytical tools for mission use cases
• (U) Create and optimize data engineering pipelines, database solutions, and automated testing capabilities
• (U) Integrate AI/ML technologies with software analysis tools to improve vulnerability identification and mitigation
• (U) Partner with systems engineers to deploy secure, scalable AI solutions and support security assessments and Authority to Operate (ATO) requirements
• Produce technical documentation, provide training, and deliver briefings and demonstrations to stakeholders
• Apply principles from discrete mathematics, probability, and statistics to complex software systems
• Generalize techniques across domains, document approaches, support training, and present technical briefings/demos

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Python, AI/ML development, LLM integration, and data engineering
• Experience developing, fine-tuning, and integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) for mission-specific analytical capabilities
• Experience designing and maintaining LLM orchestration frameworks integrating static analyzers, RAG, and automated testing pipelines
• Experience building data preprocessing pipelines to ingest, clean, transform, and vectorize source code, documentation, and testing artifacts
• Proficiency with relational and vector databases for RAG architectures, artifact storage, metadata management, and audit trails
• Experience designing, deploying, and optimizing AI-powered applications and networked tools within secure environments
• Understanding of software performance profiling, optimization, scalability, and system integration
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools including Git, Jira, and Confluence
• Ability to collaborate with mission stakeholders, technical leadership, and systems engineers to develop requirements and support security assessments and ATO processes
• Meet one of the following education + experience combinations:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or qualifying related discipline) + 8 years relevant experience
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science (or qualifying related discipline) + 6 years relevant experience
  • Doctoral degree in Computer Science (or qualifying related discipline) + 4 years relevant experience
  • Associate’s degree in Computer Science (or qualifying related discipline) + 10 years relevant experience may be considered with in-depth, directly related experience
• Degree must be in Computer Science (or qualifying related discipline)
• Related degrees may be considered if coursework includes foundational CS topics such as algorithms, computer architecture (non-network), programming methodologies/languages, data structures, logic and computation, and advanced mathematics
• Information Technology or Information Systems degrees may be considered if coursework is equivalent in amount and type to a Computer Science major
• Relevant experience must include software development covering requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, integration, deployment/installation, and maintenance
• Formal or informal leadership experience preferred
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Fullscope Polygraph required
• Citizenship: United States Citizenship required

Technologies

• Python
• AI/ML
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Static analyzers
• Agile
• Git
• Jira
• Confluence
• Relational databases
• Vector databases
• CI/CD pipelines
• Claude Code
• Codex

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with Rust programming
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code and Codex
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
• Formal or informal technical leadership experience

Benefits

• SEP IRA automatically contributes 20% of each employee’s gross compensation with no employee matching requirement
• All contributions fully vested from day one
• Generous PTO plan up to 200 hours annually
• Voluntary benefit plans including medical options (some with HSA), vision and dental, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, hospital indemnity, accident and critical illness insurance, and optional identity theft and legal protection services
• Employee Referral Bonus eligibility up to $10,000
• Mobility among Wyetech-supported contracts
• Work locations throughout Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS
• Team-building events throughout the year
• Two complimentary branded clothing orders annually

Location: Linthicum Heights, MD (onsite)

Salary: USD $93.48–$126.58 per hour

Minimum Experience: 4 years