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# Software Engineer 3

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Wyetech posts a senior FDE role to build what the customer runs in Fort Meade, MD with no pay posted. Senior AI Engineer supporting the Technology Trending Solutions mission, designing, developing, and deploying governed AI and analytics solutions for sensitive federal environments. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026.

- [Wyetech](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wyetech)

Posted Feb 3, 2026 by Wyetech · open on Lever as of Nov 8, 2026

Pay not posted Fort Meade, MD On-site Full-time

Senior AI Engineer supporting the Technology Trending Solutions mission, designing, developing, and deploying governed AI and analytics solutions for sensitive federal environments.

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## At a glance

### Posted base pay

Not posted

Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K.

### The work

Builds what the customer runs

Balance **Mostly building**

Project stages

1. Pre-sales (not covered)
2. Proof of concept (not covered)
3. Implementation
4. Operations (not covered)

- **Coding**: Writes production code

- **Builds for**: External customers

- **Level**: Senior

- **Role**: Individual contributor

### What they ask for

Experience

- **8+ years** relevant experience

### Do you meet what the posting states?

The posting asks for 8+ years. How many do you have?

The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now?

The job is in Fort Meade, MD. Could you work there?

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## Conditions

- **Location**: Fort Meade, MD

- **Work arrangement**: On-site

- **Employment type**: Full-time

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## The job description from Wyetech

Posted by Wyetech on Feb 3, 2026

* **At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry.***

Seeking a Senior AI Engineer to support the Technology Trending Solutions mission, leading the design, development, and deployment of mission-critical AI and analytics solutions within a highly governed environment. The ideal candidate has deep experience implementing analytic governance (e.g., AVG) and AI governance frameworks (e.g., AAA), and can ensure all models, data, and workflows are compliant, auditable, and aligned with customer and enterprise policy. The Senior AI Engineer will integrate advanced AI capabilities through APIs such as OpenAI and AWS Bedrock, and build intuitive front-end experiences using technologies like EX, AWS Amplify, and React. The role requires hands-on expertise with analytic development environments and cloud-native platforms (e.g., GMLearn, Container Yard, AWS SageMaker, AWS EKS), as well as strong agile delivery skills using Scrum or Kanban and tools such as Jira and Confluence. The candidate must be highly proficient with modern version control and model/code management using Git, GitLab, Hugging Face, Bailo (or similar), and demonstrate a proven track record of driving AI solutions from concept through governed production deployment in sensitive, mission-focused environments.

* **Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).***

### Capabilities

- Collaborate closely with customers to build AI workflows and develop analytics based off artifacts to use AI to flag data of interest and summarize.
- Creatively leverage disparate data to fill knowledge gaps in user activities, collection efforts, and technology discovery.

### Required Qualifications

- TS/SCI with agency appropriate poly
- Bachelor's degree plus 8-years of relevant experience or equivalent.

### Required Technical Skills

- Proficiency with object-oriented languages (Python and Java) and experience with PySpark, Jupyter Notebooks, Kubernetes, docker, Elasticsearch, GHOSTMACHINE, and Query Time Analytics.

### Desired Technical Skills

- Knowledge of Tableau, Atlassian, and customer corporate tools and data repositories

### The Benefits Package

- * **Wyetech believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes 20% of each employee's gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds. ***

* **Additional benefits include:***

- * **Wyetech provides a generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations. Employees have the flexibility to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year, ensuring it meets their evolving needs.***

* **Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:***

- * **A Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA)***
- * **Vision and Dental ***
- * **Life and AD&D Benefits***
- * **Short and Long-Term Disability***
- * **Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurances***
- * **Optional Identity Theft and Legal Protection Services***

### Company Environment & Perks

- * **Employee Referral Bonus Eligibility up to $10,000 ***
- * **Mobility Among Wyetech-supported Contracts ***
- * **Various contract and work locations throughout Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS***
- * **Various team-building events throughout the year such as: monthly lunches, summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party. ***
- * **Employees receive two complementary branded clothing orders annually.***

** *Wyetech, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. ***

** *Affirmative Action Statement:***

** *Wyetech, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.***

** *Accommodations:***

** *Wyetech, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact Brittney Wood. at 844-WYETECH x727 or staffing@wyetech.com. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates. ***

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## About Wyetech

Privately held computer engineering services firm delivering software, systems, cloud, data, and cyber engineering to U.S. federal and intelligence-community customers.

Bootstrapped · 50–100 people

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