Agile Defense

Senior Full Stack Developer – Agentic AI Engineer

Agile Defense

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: McLean • Virginia • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AzureCloudETLGRPCJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesPythonTypeScript

About the role

  • Work under the Senior Technical Lead to design, build, and demonstrate secure, production-ready agentic AI capabilities in DoD-designated cloud environments.
  • Contribute across the stack, from robust system prompts and agent logic to secure API integrations and live data connectors delivering working prototypes that meet Gov milestone acceptance.
  • Build agentic AI capabilities end-to-end, including implementing agent logic, developing system prompts, integrating commercial model SDKs, and building a metadata catalog/platform.
  • Implement secure API access and data ingestion pipelines for structured and unstructured sources.
  • Write high-quality, testable code, build services and microservices, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.
  • Execute sprint plans, participate in agile ceremonies, and prepare demo artifacts for stakeholders.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years building production-grade full stack AI systems
  • Hands-on experience developing agentic AI solutions using frameworks like LangChain/LangGraph, including advanced prompt engineering
  • Proficiency in Python and TypeScript/JavaScript; experience with REST/gRPC, OpenAPI, microservices, and event-driven patterns
  • Experience integrating cloud model services (Vertex AI, Bedrock) and enterprise AI SDKs (Gemini Enterprise, Anthropic for Gov)
  • Strong cloud experience (Azure or Google Cloud); familiarity with containers/Kubernetes, identity and access control, secrets management
  • Data engineering experience: secure API integrations, ETL/ELT pipelines, working with both structured and unstructured data
  • Practical DevSecOps: CI/CD, automated testing, observability, SBOM/signing, secure software supply chain
  • Experience in IL5/IL6 or other regulated environments; familiarity with RMF/ATO processes
  • Experience with RAG pipelines, embeddings, and vector databases (pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate)
  • Knowledge of metadata catalog systems (DataHub/OpenMetadata) or custom indexing/search services
  • Prior work with DoD or IC stakeholders and mission-centric AI workflows
  • Experience delivering outcome-based milestones in Agile programs.
Benefits
  • Competitive and comprehensive benefits package. To explore the benefits we offer, please visit our website under the Careers section.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptLangChainLangGraphRESTgRPCOpenAPIETLELT
Soft Skills
collaborationagile methodologyproblem-solvingcommunicationstakeholder engagement