Innovative Defense Technologies
Senior AI Subject Matter Expert - JobID-0276
$135K–$273K
Arlington, Virginia · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of full-time professional experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
About the job
Serves as the division’s AI advisor and leads the integration and practical use of AI tools, models, and engineering practices in mission-critical defense software development.
What you'll do
- Integrate AI models and services into complex, mission-critical DoW software and develop intelligent data-processing and NLP pipelines.
- Establish AI-augmented engineering practices and use generative AI across software development to improve productivity and quality.
- Prototype AI use cases and developer tools, and mentor engineering teams in their effective use.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent full-time professional experience.
- 7+ years of full-time professional experience.
- Ability to obtain/maintain an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance; position is on-site at least 3 days per week in Arlington, VA, Mt. Laurel, NJ, or San Diego, CA.
- Daily use of generative AI coding tools and advanced experience with agent-based development, LLM APIs, RAG, vector databases, prompt workflows, and production AI integrations.
Nice to have
- Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or Semantic Kernel, and AI integration into DevSecOps pipelines.
- Experience with secure self-hosted LLMs, containerization/orchestration, or complex DoW systems.
Pay
$135,000 - $231,000 USD (base salary); $164,000 - $273,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, ChatGPT, Claude, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel
AI focus
Leads adoption, integration, governance, and deployment of generative AI, LLMs, machine learning, AI automation, and AI-augmented software engineering for defense systems.
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