AI Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide SETA support to government teams developing or assessing AI-enabled applications and tools
• Advise on technical approaches for AI application design, prototyping, integration, and evaluation
• Assess solutions involving LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool use, agentic workflows, and orchestration layers
• Support the review of architectures, development approaches, model usage patterns, and technical risk areas
• Advise on AI engineering considerations such as latency, reliability, observability, testability, and guardrails
• Evaluate and compare modern AI frameworks, agentic libraries, and experimentation harnesses for mission use cases
• Assist with the development of technical guidance, prototypes, and engineering recommendations for government stakeholders
• Collaborate with platform engineers, product leads, and mission users to ensure AI efforts remain operationally relevant

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field
• 12+ years of relevant professional experience
• Active Secret security clearance
• Experience designing, building, integrating, or evaluating AI/ML-enabled applications or software tools
• Familiarity with modern AI application patterns, including LLM-based applications, RAG, prompt engineering, and agentic systems
• Strong software development fundamentals, including APIs, data handling, and system integration
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript
• Experience with vector databases, embeddings, and model APIs
• Familiarity with orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or LlamaIndex
• Experience supporting defense, cyber, or intelligence mission application development
• Understanding of secure AI development practices and human-in-the-loop workflows

About the Company

Founded in 1944, Parsons Corporation is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on creating the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. From Earth to outer space, we deliver tomorrow’s solutions today through an agile and innovative approach.