Senior Software Engineer - AI Platform

About the role

Leidos is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to support the Defense Intelligence Agency's Enterprise Digital Modernization Accelerator initiative, which deploys enterprise-scale AI, data and mission platform capabilities across cloud, edge and classified environments. The role sits within a team of analysts, engineers and developers working on production-ready algorithms and platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Support the development of distributed backend services, APIs and platform microservices supporting enterprise AI operations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to solve complex challenges and deliver innovative, production-ready algorithms and platforms.
• Apply techniques in statistical analysis, predictive analytics, entity resolution, graph analytics, explainable AI and operational analytics.
• Contribute to integrating software development, AI, DevSecOps, data engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity and observability.

Required profile

• Bachelor's, Master's or equivalent graduate degree in a quantitative or analytical field; additional relevant experience may substitute for a degree.
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, data science, analytics or quantitative intelligence analysis, with 4+ years with a Master's.
• Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Demonstrated experience building and deploying complex analytical platforms with hybrid teams, and a track record of creative problem solving and mission-focused outcomes.

Required skills

• Backend microservices, distributed systems, API development and event-driven architectures.
• Kubernetes-native and cloud-native engineering.
• Preferred: Rust, Go, Python, TypeScript, Django.
• Preferred qualifications: experience with military or intelligence community customers, familiarity with Azure/C2S, hardware platforms (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs) and tools such as git, SVN, JIRA, NATS, Kafka, Redis, ClickHouse, OpenTelemetry, LiteLLM.

Flexible work arrangements, including remote and on-site work in the National Capital Region (Rockville, MD and/or Alexandria, VA). Pay range: $131,300 - $237,350.