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AI Jobs in Washington DC
Where AI meets government and defense. DC offers unique opportunities in federal agencies, defense contractors, and policy-focused AI. Security clearance opens doors to high-impact work.
Latest roles
Latest Washington DC AI roles
AI Engineer (Agentic AI) - Secret cleared
10/15Accenture Federal Services • Arlington, VA
Generative AIAi AgentsPrompt Engineering+13+12+11$89k – 170k- E
AI & Distributed Systems Fullstack Engineer - Senior - Consulting - Location OPEN
10/15EY • Arlington, VA
AngularJavaScriptTypeScript+38+37+36$103k – 188k Applied AI Architect, Government
10/14OpenAI • Washington, DC
Openai ModelsChatgpt EnterpriseOpenai Api+24+23+22$234k – 335kAI Infrastructure / Product Engineer
10/14ExecutivePlacements.com • Remote
PythonCloud DeploymentAPIs+18+17+16$180k – 260kAI Software Engineer
10/14Vantor • Herndon, VA
PythonJavaScriptAWS+30+29+28$95k – 140kSenior Applied Scientist, Frontier AI Tooling
10/14Amazon Web Services (AWS) • Arlington, VA
PythonPySparkSQL+14+13+12$167k – 249kEnterprise Cybersecurity AI Infrastructure Engineer
10/13Booz Allen Hamilton • McLean, VA
PythonSQLAWS+38+37+36$62k – 141k- GD
Senior AI Software Engineer
10/13General Dynamics Information Technology • Sterling, VA
PythonAgile Software DevelopmentBack End Development+41+40+39$128k – 173k Jr-to-Mid AI/ML Engineer – RAG Pipeline Development
10/13SimVentions • Dahlgren, VA
GoPythonJavaScript+26+25+24$79k – 115kCloud AI Security Engineer
10/12Thales Defense & Security, Inc. • Clarksburg, MD
AzureAWSIam+35+34+33$89k – 120kCybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant
10/12Accenture • Redmond, WA
Claude CodeCursorGithub Copilot+32+31+30$59k – 235kAI Integration Engineer
10/11Booz Allen Hamilton • McLean, VA
PythonHttp ApisOauth2+34+33+32$113k – 257k
Career guide
Why Washington DC for AI?
Government & Defense AI
- Federal agencies investing heavily in AI
- Defense and intelligence AI projects
- Booz Allen, Palantir, and major contractors
- Policy and ethics-focused AI work
- Stable, well-funded positions
Unique Opportunities
- Security clearance premium pay
- High-impact national security work
- Amazon HQ2 and tech company offices
- Strong consulting and contractor market
- Transition between public and private sector
DC AI Compensation
DC AI salaries are competitive, with security clearance adding 10-20% premium. ML engineers earn $150k-$280k+ base, with excellent benefits in government roles.
Events
Upcoming AI events in Washington DC
AI meetups, hackathons and conferences coming up in the area, refreshed from organizer calendars.
- Oct28How to Stay Employed in the Age of AI .: AWS Crystal City, VA :.Wed, Oct 28 · 10:00 PM UTCAI Innovators Network ~ Northern Virginia .: DC, VA, MD :. Join us for a discussion about building a long-lasting career in today's fast-changing world of AI. Another certificate won't save your career. Proof will. Host Soo-Jin Lee talks with William Zhu, AI thought leader and data scientist, about his book Proof Over Promise. He'll share what actually keeps people employable in the AI age. Bring your questions. This is a conversation, not a lecture. Featured speaker: William Zhu\, Applied AI Builder \| UChicago Soo-Jin Lee\, Gen AI Conversation Designer \| Prompt Engineer \| LLM\, NLU\, NLP \| Human in the Loop \| Former Teacher \| Playwright Location: AWS Skills Center, 1550-G Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202 Drinks and Networking After: Tacombi, 1550 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202 Description: Join us at AI Innovators Network for our upcoming meetup in the Mosaic, which is dedicated to exploring the latest trends in Artificial Intelligence. Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a professional, or someone curious about the intersection of technology and AI, this event is perfect for networking, learning, and sharing insights. Connect with like-minded individuals from DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland as we dive deep into the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation driving innovation and progress in Artificial Intelligence.
- Nov12CodeRabbit Hosts: Pizza & Networking at Andy's in Tyson's Galleria : Tysons, VAThu, Nov 12 · 12:00 AM UTCAI Innovators Network ~ Northern Virginia .: DC, VA, MD :. Hello everyone! Who doesn't love Pizza! We'll be meeting at Andy's Pizza in Tyson's Galleria and doing some old-fashioned networking, beer-drinking, and pizza-eating. For this event, Pizza and the fun will be sponsored by CodeRabbit! About CodeRabbit: CodeRabbit helps software teams ship faster without lowering the bar for quality. As people and AI coding agents produce more code, teams need a reliable way to understand and review those changes. CodeRabbit’s approach is Agentic Change Management, which brings together four capabilities: validating proposed changes, prioritizing reviews by value and risk, explaining what changed, and identifying security vulnerabilities before and after merge. Our goal is a shared, independent layer of review that helps the whole team make informed decisions about what ships, whether the code was written by a person or an AI agent. Location: Andy's Pizza, Tyson's Galleria, 2001 International Dr, McLean, VA 22102 Overview: Join us at AI Innovators Network for our upcoming meetup in Tysons dedicated to exploring the latest trends in Artificial Intelligence. Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a professional, or someone curious about the intersection of technology and AI, this event is perfect for networking, learning, and sharing insights. Connect with like-minded individuals from DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland as we dive deep into the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation driving innovation and progress in Artificial Intelligence.
- Nov18AI Policy and the Race for Global Rules .: AWS-Crystal City, Virginia :.Wed, Nov 18 · 11:00 PM UTCAI Innovators Network ~ Northern Virginia .: DC, VA, MD :. AI governance has become a matter of international diplomacy. In the past few weeks, the UN Security Council held a high-level briefing on AI risk where leaders from major AI companies called for global regulation. Separately, a group of about 20 countries proposed an international oversight body to manage the dangers of AI. Join us for a globe-trotting discussion on where AI policy is heading around the world. We'll see how the EU, the U.S., China, the UK and other countries are regulating AI, and how multilateral efforts like the Hiroshima AI Process fit alongside new UN proposals. We'll also look at the main tensions of global regulation: innovation v. safety, national competitiveness v. global cooperation, and voluntary commitments v. rules that can be enforced. You'll leave understanding how the global rules are forming, what the gaps are and what it means for organizations working across borders. Featured speaker: E. Brian Alexander\, AI Governance\, ISO 42001 & EU AI Act Compliance for Regulated Industries \| ISO 42001 Auditor \| AI Risk Assessment \| AI\, Privacy & Cybersecurity Attorney \| Founder\, Vision AI\+ Consulting Group Location: AWS Skills Center, 1550-G Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202 Drinks and Networking After: Tacombi, 1550 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202 Description: Join us at AI Innovators Network for our upcoming meetup in the Mosaic, which is dedicated to exploring the latest trends in Artificial Intelligence. Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a professional, or someone curious about the intersection of technology and AI, this event is perfect for networking, learning, and sharing insights. Connect with like-minded individuals from DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland as we dive deep into the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation driving inn
- Dec2AI Wrote the Code. Should You Ship It? .: AWS Crystal City, VA :.Wed, Dec 2 · 11:00 PM UTCAI Innovators Network ~ Northern Virginia .: DC, VA, MD :. AI coding agents can produce changes faster than teams can review them. In this interactive session, we’ll explore how to keep that speed while making confident decisions about quality and risk. We’ll use CodeRabbit’s agentic change management framework—validate, prioritize, explain, and secure—to examine what needs to happen between a generated change and a decision to ship. A proposed hands-on format: walk through a sample AI-generated pull request, have the group decide what they would approve or challenge, and then compare their findings with CodeRabbit’s review. We’ll discuss which issues matter most, what still needs human judgment, and how to apply the same approach in participants’ own workflows. Featured speaker: Jeff Woodall\, Helping Engineering Leaders Ship Trustworthy Code Faster \| AI Code Review\, Security & Agentic Change Management Location: AWS Skills Center, 1550-G Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202 Drinks and Networking After: Tacombi, 1550 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202 About CodeRabbit: CodeRabbit helps software teams ship faster without lowering the bar for quality. As people and AI coding agents produce more code, teams need a reliable way to understand and review those changes. CodeRabbit’s approach is Agentic Change Management, which brings together four capabilities: validating proposed changes, prioritizing reviews by value and risk, explaining what changed, and identifying security vulnerabilities before and after merge. Our goal is a shared, independent layer of review that helps the whole team make informed decisions about what ships, whether the code was written by a person or an AI agent. Group Description: Join us at AI Innovators Network for our upcoming meetup in the Mosaic, which is dedicated to exploring the latest trends in Artificial Intelligence. Whether you
Community
Washington DC AI Community & Resources
DC is where AI meets government, policy, and national security — with NIST standards-setting, DARPA research, and a robust think-tank ecosystem.
Community Groups & Meetups
- Data Community DC (DC2)
Nonprofit umbrella for DC-area data/ML meetups including Data Science DC — talks and workshops.
- Generative AI DC
Premier DMV meetup for GenAI builders doing deep technical dives on LLMs, agents, and app development.
- AI Tinkerers DC
Monthly hands-on meetup for AI engineers and builders featuring live code demos from local practitioners.
Conferences & University Labs
- AFCEA TechNet Cyber
Major federal cyber/AI conference with DISA, US Cyber Command, and defense AI industry in the DC/Baltimore corridor.
- UMD Center for Machine Learning (UMIACS)
University of Maryland's flagship ML research center covering trustworthy AI and robust systems.
- Georgetown CSET
Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology — a core DC think tank for AI governance.
Federal AI Orgs
- NIST Center for AI Standards & Innovation (CAISI)
Sets federal AI standards, evaluations, and incident-management frameworks (successor to the AISI).
- Johns Hopkins APL Intelligent Systems Center
APL's AI/robotics research hub in Laurel, MD, leading defense-focused AI and generative AI research.
- MITRE AI & Autonomy Innovation Center
MITRE's federally-funded AI research lab (McLean, VA) — government, critical-infrastructure, and national-security AI.
Policy & Think Tanks
- Brookings AI & Emerging Technology Initiative
Brookings' AI governance research program hosting public events with policymakers and international officials.
- Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP)
DC nonprofit publishing global AI policy research and running the AI Policy Clinic for practitioners.
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