AI Full Stack Developer

CACI International • Dayton, OH

3d • $63,300 - $129,700 • Onsite

About The Position

The AI Full Stack Developer designs, builds, and deploys end-to-end web applications that use artificial intelligence and large language models within a secure Department of War environment. The role combines full-stack development—including frontend interfaces, backend APIs, and databases—with integration of modern AI pipelines. The position is on-site at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and requires U.S. citizenship and residence in the Dayton, Ohio area.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Must be located in the Dayton, Ohio area.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and API frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask.
• Experience building user interfaces with modern frameworks such as React or Vue, or AI-focused UI libraries such as Streamlit.
• Strong experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and vector databases such as pgvector, Milvus, or Chroma.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation workflows.
• Experience containerizing applications with Docker or Podman and using Git for version control.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of deploying containerized applications in restricted, disconnected, or IL5+ environments without active external cloud connections.
• Experience using the Hugging Face library or hub to evaluate, download, and implement open-weight models locally.
• Familiarity with model runtime tools such as vLLM or llama.cpp and quantization techniques such as GGUF.
• Familiarity with AI orchestration frameworks such as LangChain or LlamaIndex.
• Ability to implement AI guardrails to prevent off-topic outputs and mitigate hallucinations.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy end-to-end web applications that leverage AI and large language models.
• Develop backend application logic and APIs that connect user interfaces to AI models.
• Build user interfaces for chat applications and search dashboards.
• Design and implement data and database architectures for application data and AI-searchable embeddings.
• Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation workflows to securely reference and search internal documents.
• Containerize applications and use version control to package them for stable deployment.

Benefits

• Flexible time off benefit.
• Learning resources and learning and development opportunities.
• Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed