Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer (SWE-2)

Leidos • Linthicum Heights, MD

2d • $87,100 - $157,450

About The Position

Kudu Dynamics, a Leidos Owned Company, is seeking an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer (SWE-2). Forged out of a decade of experience in computer network operations, our team of hackers and engineers have built, overseen, and enhanced capabilities throughout the entire USG arsenal. With experience spanning centuries of research, development, and operations missions across various platforms, Kudu Dynamics is uniquely qualified to anticipate tomorrow’s threats and build the next generation of capabilities. This role is for individuals who are not looking for comfort, but who want to outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. We are recruiting disruptors who refuse to fail and are already at step 30, moving faster than anyone else dares.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus five (5) years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Python, LLM integration, and data engineering.
• Experience with static analyzers, RAG framework, and relational and vector databases.
• Familiarization with Agile, Git, Jira, and Confluence.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarization with RUST, Claude Code, Codex, and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with technical leadership to design, develop, and maintain LLM orchestration frameworks that coordinate static analyzers, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and automated testing pipelines.
• Develop and optimize data preprocessing pipelines to ingest, clean, transform, and vectorize product documentation, source code, and test results for LLM consumption.
• Design and implement database solutions to support RAG architectures, artifact storage, audit trails, and metadata management.
• Collaboratively work with systems engineers to architect and deploy networked AI tools within secure enclaves.
• Conduct performance profiling, optimization, and scalability analysis of mission systems.
• Support security assessments and authority to operate (ATO) processes.

Benefits

• Leidos pay range is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level