Senior AI Developer

D2 Technical Services•Springfield, VA

4d•$175,000 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED If you are an experienced, collaborative self-starter with AI development experience, D2 is the place for you. Here, you can make your career your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day. There is not a challenge we can’t turn into an opportunity. Our work depends on a TS/SCI level cleared Senior AI Developer joining our team to support our Intelligence customer in Springfield, VA.

Requirements

8+ years of experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, computer engineering, systems engineering, or any related field/major, or 3 additional years of experience in information technology.
Senior-level software development experience designing, developing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and mission-focused applications
Strong programming experience with Pyton, Java, and Scala
Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs, Git-based workflows, automated unit/integration/system testing, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery practices
Hands-on experience with Docker/containerization, microservice architectures, Helm, and development container environments
Experience developing applications using Generative AI technologies, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Large Language Models (LLMs) and LLM-enabled workflows
Experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud-native applications using AWS, Openshift, or Kubernetes
Experience integrating, transforming, and managing data from multiple sources, organizations and network environments
Experience deploying applications into new or complex network environments
Experience applying DevSecOps principles, such as code hardening, dependency/package updates, vulnerability remediation, and automated security scanning
Ability to troubleshoot software and collaborate across development, infrastructure, security and mission teams

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with data normalization, transformation, and visualization techniques
Familiarity with graph-based data models, data relationships, and advanced data structures
Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments
Experience developing and presenting technical metrics, status reports, and project updates to internal leadership and external customers
Demonstrated ability and willingness to mentor junior developers and contribute to team engineering practices

Responsibilities

Integrate multiple data streams into customer system
Complete Cloud platform migrations (between currently existing and available platforms)
Develop AI features for existing Ontology-based software applications
Create sustainable software applications – work is estimated accurately, branching strategies are efficient, code repos are maintained, etc.
Work as a member of a agile scrum team and participates in regular agile ceremonies applying scrum methodologies – daily stand up, planning, sprint reviews, demos, retrospectives
Implement requirements from the product backlog
Assist in writing backlog requirements/user stories
Utilize a modern DevSecOps approach in building software applications
Develop and modify applications, software, services, utilities, interfaces, and IT systems that support systems and analysts