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- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
AET Federal Inc. is seeking an AI Developer to support the design, development, integration, and deployment of AI-powered solutions for government and enterprise customers. This role serves as a technical bridge between AET Federal’s AI capabilities and customer mission requirements, working directly with stakeholders to identify operational challenges and develop secure, scalable, production-ready AI solutions.
The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering skills with hands-on experience in Generative AI, large language models (LLMs), AI agents, APIs, cloud technologies, and enterprise systems. This is a highly collaborative, customer-facing role requiring the ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into practical AI solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Work directly with customers to understand workflows, business processes, and mission requirements and identify opportunities for AI-driven automation.
- Design, develop, and deploy AI agents and AI-enabled applications using technologies such as LLMs, RAG, and agentic AI frameworks.
- Write production-quality code in Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript to develop AI solutions, integrations, and supporting applications.
- Integrate AI solutions with enterprise and government systems using REST APIs, custom connectors, databases, and cloud platforms.
- Support integrations with platforms such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, and other enterprise applications.
- Lead technical implementation activities for AI pilots, prototypes, and production deployments.
- Troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance AI solutions to improve performance, reliability, security, and scalability.
- Collaborate with AET Federal engineering, cybersecurity, data, and program teams to ensure solutions meet customer and mission requirements.
- Provide technical feedback and recommendations to continuously improve AET Federal’s AI capabilities and solutions.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering, AI engineering, solutions engineering, or a related technical role.
- Strong proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, or AI agent development.
- Experience working with REST APIs, SQL databases, and cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Understanding of AI application development, including RAG, embeddings, vector databases, or LLM frameworks.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently in customer-facing environments and collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.
- Ability to travel to customer sites as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with LangChain, OpenAI APIs, Azure OpenAI, or similar AI/LLM platforms.
- Experience developing agentic AI systems or multi-agent applications.
- Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, or similar technologies.
- Experience integrating enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow, or Workday.
- Experience working in federal government, defense, healthcare, or other highly regulated environments.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps, CI/CD, containerization, and secure cloud architectures.
- Active U.S. government security clearance or ability to obtain one is a plus.
Work Environment
This position may involve a combination of remote work, AET Federal office work, and customer-site support. Occasional travel may be required based on customer and project needs.
Flexible work from home options available.
Compensation: $135,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
WE ARE
AET Federal Inc. (“AET”) is certified as an 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Firm by US Small Business Administration and also certified by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity as Small, Minority Owned Business (SWaM). AET prides itself on efficient management and low overhead, thereby offering its clients high quality services at highly competitive prices. The fundamental distinction of our company is its business knowledge in both the public and private sectors. We serve the transportation, defense, intelligence, financial, healthcare, and technology & telecommunications industries. AET is successful because we listen to our clients, we learn from our clients, and we understand our clients’ needs. In an industry that is constantly changing, AET is the face of stability.
ARE YOU READY FOR WHAT'S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER?
At AET, our success is defined by the knowledge, commitment, diversity, and satisfaction of our employees. Impactful Work. Smart Solutions. Meaningful Careers. AET fosters a creative and efficient work environment that revolves around a project team concept. We offer competitive salaries and an exceptional benefits package, and we are always seeking new candidates to join our team.
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