Mid AI/ML Engineer

Perks of Working at Ignite Digital:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including PTO
• Education stipends and referral bonuses
• Compelling work with the U.S. federal government
• Strong emphasis on volunteer and community engagement
• Opportunity to shape the future of our industry
• Supportive colleagues and management who invest in your growth

Ignite Digital Services is hiring an AI/ML Engineer to independently contribute to developing and optimizing advanced AI/ML systems and components in support of a large federal enterprise multi-domain data ecosystem. You will operate with autonomy, apply creative solutions, and influence major technical deliverables, while delivering within a larger team project management environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Independently develop and optimize ML models, pipelines, and platform components.
• Build RAG architectures and high-performing inference systems.
• Create scalable infrastructure to support training, experimentation, and deployment.
• Lead integration of AI/ML models into production systems.
• Conduct advanced troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to accelerate mission-driven insights.

Required Skills:

• Deep experience building LLM-based systems and RAG architectures.
• Strong proficiency in MLOps tools (e.g. MLFlow, Kubeflow, Airflow).
• Advanced scripting (e.g. Python, JavaScript, Rust).
• Expertise deploying models on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Ability to work independently with broad responsibilities.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with scientific datasets or multi-domain research workflows.
• Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, Databricks, vector databases or comparable technologies.
• Strong foundation in prompt engineering or AI agents.
• Experience working with federal clients.

Clearance Requirements: Secret or TS/SCI eligible

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, engineering, mathematics, or related field.
• 3+ years AI/ML professional experience.
• Intermediate certifications (CCSP, CFR, FITSP-M, GSEC, Security+, SSCP) or advanced certifications (SecurityX / CASP+, GCSA, GSLC, CISSP).

Work Location: National Capital Region

• On client site with potential for hybrid telework

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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