Lead AI Engineer

Title: Lead AI Engineer Duration: 7 Months Pay Range: $70-$80/hr

Onsite Interview: Only Apply if you are local to the McLean or Richmond. Or willing to go onsite for the Interview.

Lead

hands-on development

of AI-driven applications using

Python (full-stack preferred)

with 10+ years of software engineering experience. Design and implement

GenAI solutions

including

LLMs (GPT or similar) ,

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) , and

agentic AI frameworks . Build and orchestrate

multi-agent systems

using tools like

LangGraph

or similar orchestration frameworks. Develop

scalable cloud-native applications

leveraging

AWS

(5+ years' experience) and modern cloud architectures. Contribute across the full

SDLC (Agile)

lifecycle from

story development to production deployment . Implement and maintain robust

CI/CD pipelines

for continuous integration and delivery of AI/ML solutions. Integrate AI platforms with enterprise tools such as

ServiceNow, CMDB, and JIRA . Deliver

production-grade AI/LLM solutions

with strong focus on performance, scalability, and enterprise reliability. Provide

technical leadership

in

AI engineering , guiding teams on

agentic workflows, GenAI best practices , and system design. Nice to have: experience with

LLM fine-tuning , additional models ( Claude, LLaMA ),

enterprise AI platforms.