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Booz Allen

AI Engineer

$77,600–$176,000Fort Belvoir, VA · Reston, VAFort Belvoir, VA +1Mid-level

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About the job

This AI Engineer role on a national security team involves training, testing, deploying, and maintaining ML models at massive scale.

Summary written from the posting.

What you’ll do

  • Train, test, deploy, and maintain models that learn from data
  • Own and define the direction of critical solutions by applying best-fit ML algorithms and technologies
  • Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, solutions architects, and MLOps engineers to deliver world class solutions
  • Process data and information at a massive scale

What you’ll bring

  • 3+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning engineering, or AI systems development using Python
  • Experience building, deploying, and maintaining LLM-powered systems and complex data pipelines in production environments
  • Experience implementing advanced prompting strategies, AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain or LlamaIndex), LLM inference engines (vLLM or TGI), and agentic workflows
  • Experience integrating AI components including embeddings, vector databases (LanceDB, pgvector, Elasticsearch), and RAG pipelines

Technologies

Python · LangChain · LlamaIndex · vLLM · TGI · LanceDB · pgvector · Elasticsearch · RAG · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka

About Booz Allen

Builds AI, cyber, cloud, and engineering solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies, blending consulting scale with mission-specific technology delivery.

Public · 5000+ people

Pay and conditions

Posted pay
$77,600–$176,000
Pay details

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Location
Fort Belvoir, VA · Reston, VA
Employment type
Full-time
Experience requirements
3+ years

The work, as we read it

Kind of work
Production engineering

Our reading of the posting, not the employer’s words.

How this compares

The middle of this range is $127,000, below the $198,000 median for the 1,730 US FDE postings that state one. Half of those sit between $162,000 and $230,000.

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