$140,000–$190,000
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$140,000–$190,000Mclean, VA
Builds production-ready AI capabilities for federal client missions, spanning predictive and generative models, RAG, multi-agent workflows, and deployment.
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Posted base pay
$140K–$190KBelow the median
Midpoint $165K · median $190K
Median $190K
This job$140K–$190KSenior FDE postings1,864 postings · middle 50% of posted pay$160K–$220KThe work
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Project stages
- Pre-sales (not covered)
- Proof of concept
- Implementation
- Operations
- Coding
- Writes production code
- Builds for
- External customers
- Level
- Senior
- Role
- Technical lead
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What you’ll do
- Develop LLM applications, predictive models, RAG pipelines, multi-agent workflows, and AI microservices.
- Integrate models with enterprise systems, data platforms, vector databases, and cloud services.
- Build prompt, retrieval, orchestration, and inference components and improve model performance.
- Apply trustworthy AI practices and collaborate on deployment, monitoring, and evaluation.
What you’ll bring
- Meet one of the degree and experience pathways: bachelor's plus 5 years, master's plus 3 years, or no degree plus 9 years.
- Be able to hold a position of public trust with the U.S. government.
- Have proficiency in Python and solid knowledge of RAG architectures.
- Have experience with an LLM orchestration framework, prompt engineering, Docker, Git, and REST API integration.
About Steampunk, Inc.
Steampunk delivers user-centered digital modernization, cybersecurity, data, and platform services to U.S. federal agencies.
500–1000 people
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