$140,000–$190,000
Senior AI Developer
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$140,000–$190,000Mclean, VA
Build production-ready predictive, generative, and autonomous AI solutions for mission workflows, spanning data ingestion, model experimentation, orchestration, application integration, 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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- Pre-sales (not covered)
- Proof of concept
- Implementation
- Operations
- Coding
- Writes production code
- Builds for
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- Level
- Senior
- Role
- Individual contributor
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What you’ll do
- Develop LLM applications, predictive models, RAG pipelines, and multi-agent workflows.
- Build reusable AI components, APIs, and integrations with enterprise systems and data platforms.
- Design prompt, retrieval, context-management, and orchestration systems.
- Optimize and deploy inference services with monitoring and continuous improvement.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years focused on AI/ML, generative AI, or LLM applications.
- Strong Python proficiency and experience with modern AI frameworks.
- Experience building production-grade AI applications and implementing RAG architectures.
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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