Senior AI Software Engineer

Leidos

Senior AI Software Engineer leading teams to drive advanced AI development and innovation. Collaborating across complex, mission-critical systems within a government solutions context.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeAlexandria • Maryland, Montana, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $131,300 - $237,350 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJenkinsLinuxPostgresPythonSDLCTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead advanced development efforts and collaborate closely with pipeline engineering and deployment teams
Architect solutions, tackle sophisticated challenges across Sea-based systems and deliver capabilities that exceed current performance benchmarks through the integration of emerging AI technologies, advanced features, and next-generation methodologies
Strong collaboration with team’s in the design and implementation of AI architectures to include operational status, coding improvements, dashboard tooling including security
Supports Leidos AI initiatives, providing insight into technologies, tooling and practices
Designs, secures and automates AWS cloud initiatives while optimizing agent and customer experiences to full AI potential
Optimize and enhance customer experiences, enhancing software development flows, quality metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards with AI
Provides broad-based experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and applies experience/knowledge to cloud initiatives relating to architectural design and development
Leads team’s to deploy and configure services with AI tools
Ensures AI models, pipelines, and cloud-deployed services adhere to governance, compliance, and security standards, providing guidance on responsible AI implementation across mission systems

Requirements

What you’ll need

Requires BS degree (Computer Science, Engineering or related field) and 12+ year’s of prior relevant experience OR, MS with 10+ year’s of prior relevant experience; OR 7 years of additional experience in lieu of degree
9+ year’s experience leading, designing and implementing distributed solutions
7+ year’s experience with cloud-based solutions (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) including virtualization environment, network and operating system experience
Must possess and maintain a TS Security Clearance with the ability to obtain SCI with a CI Poly
DoD 8570 Certification Compliance (IAT Level 2/3)
Familiar with team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)
Experience in Cloud and PaaS environments
Subject Matter Expertise understanding across various AI technologies
Familiar with the following: Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Python, Gitlab, CloudFormation, Zabbix, ACAS, PostgreSQL, Scrum, Kanban, Terraform
Knowledge of SDLC and AGILE best practices
Windows Domain Administrator of user accounts and group policy objects and Linux administration
Leadership experience demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to communicate effectively with executive‑level leadership (internal and client) on high‑impact organizational and program matters
Demonstrates ability to adapt to new AI technologies and learn quickly.

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive compensation
Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonCloudFormationPostgreSQLJenkinsTerraformVirtualizationDistributed SolutionsAI TechnologiesSDLCAGILE

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsPositive AttitudeAdaptability

Certifications

TS Security ClearanceIAT Level 2/3 Certification