Senior Principal AI Full Stack Software Engineer

• Growth: AI powered career tool that helps identify career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team dedicated to helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness programs, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award winning culture of innovation and a military friendly workplace

In this role, you will lead AI enabled web and app development, integrate AI and large language model capabilities into existing systems, and drive end to end software delivery with a security emphasis for defense related applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical integration of modern AI and large language model capabilities into existing applications and workflows, including prompting, tool calling, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), and related patterns.
• Develop clean, maintainable, and efficient Python code in line with best practices and coding standards.
• Lead the technical design and implementation of AI enabled web applications and analytics using Streamlit, React, or similar technologies.
• Design, develop, and integrate APIs, including FastAPI based services, to enable seamless communication between systems.
• Integrate and maintain user interfaces that make complex AI, data, and analytics capabilities accessible to end users.
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines and container based deployments using Docker to support repeatable builds and reliable releases.
• Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL to ensure data integrity, performance, and efficiency.
• Implement and maintain version control using Git to streamline collaboration and code management.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to define, design, develop, test, and deliver new features.
• Ensure all developed solutions meet high standards for security, quality, reliability, and maintainability.
• Contribute to all stages of the software development life cycle from concept and design through testing, deployment, and sustainment.

Requirements

• Proficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and efficient Python code.
• Experience building and integrating AI enabled web applications, analytic dashboards, or user workflows using Streamlit or similar technologies.
• Strong knowledge of web technologies, containerization, RESTful APIs, and user interface development.
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable backend solutions using Python frameworks.
• Familiarity with relational database systems such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Proficiency with Docker; Kubernetes experience is a plus.
• Proficiency with Git based version control and collaborative software development workflows.
• Hands on experience with full stack development and a strong understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively in a fast paced environment.

Technologies

• Python
• Streamlit
• React
• FastAPI
• Docker
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• Git
• Kubernetes

Work Requirements

• Years of Experience: 10+ years of related experience
• Travel: Less than 10%
• Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required

Compensation and Location

Location: Fort Bragg, NC hybrid schedule

Salary range: The likely annual compensation for this role is $146,200 to $197,800. Salary will be determined based on experience, geographic location, and contractual requirements and could fall outside this range.