Lead Full Stack Engineer - AI/ML Systems

Noblis•Lorton, VA

About The Position

Noblis is seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer to design, develop, and deploy full-stack applications that integrate advanced AI/ML capabilities for mission-critical law enforcement and intelligence operations. You'll architect enterprise-scale systems across multi-enclave environments (unclassified through sensitive compartmented), building both rapid prototypes and hardened production applications that directly support operational requirements. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll spend 60% of your time coding and 40% architecting, mentoring, and driving technical strategy across a cross-functional team.

Requirements

US Citizenship is required
Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
Bachelors degree in a related field.
6+ years of professional software engineering experience
3+ years designing and deploying full-stack web applications in production
2+ years working with AI/ML systems, LLMs, or computer vision in operational environments
Demonstrated experience with classified or sensitive government systems
Programming: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript (Java or C/C# a plus)
Frontend: Vue or React
Backend: Flask, Django, FastAPI, or Express.js
Databases: PostgreSQL or MySQL; experience with Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
Containers: Docker and Kubernetes or OpenShift
Cloud: AWS (GovCloud, SC2S, or C2S experience highly valued)
Version Control: Git and GitLab/GitHub workflows
Experience deploying LLMs or ML models in production (Ray Serve, vLLM, Ollama, TorchServe, Triton, etc.)
Understanding of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures
Familiarity with model serving, inference optimization, and prompt engineering
Willingness to work onsite and in sensitive environments, as needed

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
Experience working in regulated environments (FedRAMP, DOD CC SRG, ICD 503)
Experience with Apache NiFi, Cribl, Kafka, or RabbitMQ for data streaming
Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, Ansible)
Background supporting law enforcement or intelligence community missions
Hands-on experience contributing to technical and business engagements through briefings, demonstrations, whitepaper development, and proposal writing
Contributions to open-source projects or technical publications
AWS certifications or equivalent cloud credentials

Responsibilities

Design full-stack web applications for multi-enclave (unclassified and sensitive) on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments
Architect complex data pipelines and ETL processes spanning large, heterogeneous, and sensitive data types
Define technical standards, patterns, and best practices for the development team
Build responsive user interfaces using Vue or React
Develop microservices, backend APIs, and robust services using Python (Flask/Django/FastAPI)
Integrate AI/ML models (LLMs, SLMs, computer vision) using Ray Serve, vLLM, Ollama, or TensorFlow
Implement search and indexing solutions with Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
Automate application deployments using Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Terraform, and Ansible
Build CI/CD pipelines with GitLab or Jenkins
Ensure security compliance across classified environments (SSH, SSL/TLS, PKI, key vaults)
Leading technical exchanges, discovery and requirements discussions & demonstrations with technical and non-technical operators, leaders, executives, and other stakeholders
Participate in SAFe Agile ceremonies and sprint planning
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and pair programming
Collaborate with data scientists, operators, and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions