AI Engineer SME
- Location
- Chantilly, VA
- Listed
- 12 days ago
Be Challenged and Make a Difference
In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture.
Required Qualifications
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and ability to obtain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
- Bachelor's degree or master's degree with 10 years of experience specializing in AI/ML engineering
- Hands-on experience deploying production AI/GenAI and LLM systems, including embeddings, multi-model and multimodal orchestration, reasoning, memory, and tool execution.
- Proficiency with PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with practical MLOps experience using MLflow, Azure ML, or Vertex AI.
- Experience implementing NLP, computer vision, reinforcement learning, temporal, spatial, geographic, or quantitative AI capabilities, including named entity recognition, contextual entity extraction, and entity resolution.
- Experience developing multi-step retrieval and structured output workflows with source citations, provenance, and traceable analytic results.
- Expertise in data architecture integrating vector, graph, and relational databases, including automated ETL pipeline development, scheduling, optimization, complex parsing, and schema-aligned ingestion and normalization of structured and unstructured data.
- Experience implementing data-layer Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) and end-to-end data lineage tracking.
- Experience supporting air-gapped, hybrid, and on-premises environments, including locally hosted GPU servers, hyperconverged infrastructure, container orchestration, distributed systems, and multitenant Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS).
- Proficiency in full-stack application development and integration using TypeScript, React, Python, FastAPI, LanceDB, Lance Graph, PostgreSQL, Temporal.io, Docker, and Kubernetes to connect user interfaces, backend services, middleware, retrieval systems, databases, and AI/GenAI services.
- Experience delivering and maintaining solutions in agile engineering environments.
- Requires an active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI access with a CI polygraph.
- Requires the ability to work on-site in Chantilly, VA.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in federal, defense, or highly regulated environments.
- Knowledge of ethical AI, governance frameworks, and secure development practices.
- Skills in large-scale optimization, GPU acceleration, or distributed training.
- Experience building APIs, microservices, and automated ML workflows.
Benefits
Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
Equal opportunity and legal notices
AnaVation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
From AnaVation's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 29, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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