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Principal/Sr. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software Engineer (SLM/LLMs MCP Servers)
EntegeeDallas/Fort Worth, Texas, USposted 22h ago
EMPLOYMENT
Full-time
COMPENSATION
$166k - 270k/yr
ARRANGEMENT
On-site
At a glance
Build and operate production AI developer tooling around SLMs, LLMs, and MCP servers, integrating models with enterprise systems for mission-critical DoD and aerospace users.
Summarized by AI from the original posting
What you'll do
- Deploy and operate open-weight models on self-managed infrastructure
- Build AI/ML coding and developer tooling for SLMs and LLMs
- Implement code retrieval, context handling, and toolchain integration
- Develop LLM orchestration, retrieval, tool-calling, and evaluation systems
- Build and deliver MCP servers and agent-to-system connectors to production users
- Integrate systems across APIs, event streams, data pipelines, and identity
- Fine-tune, distill, or adapt models and measure results
- Deliver complex AI engineering work to production
Requirements
- 01U.S. citizenship required for U.S. DoD work
- 02Strong Python coding and deep learning framework experience
- 03Production experience deploying and operating open-weight models on self-managed infrastructure
- 04Experience building AI/ML coding or developer tooling with SLMs and LLMs
- 05Applied experience with LLM orchestration, retrieval, tool calling, and evaluation
- 06Experience delivering MCP servers, tool-calling integrations, or equivalent agent-to-system connectors to production users
- 07Open source contributions or published work in the agent, MCP, or open-weight model ecosystem
- 08Systems integration experience across APIs, event streams, data pipelines, and identity
- 09Ability to deliver complex technical work to production independently
- 10Aerospace, DoD, intelligence community, or federal programs experience preferred
- 11Experience with authorization processes, accredited or air-gapped environments, and sovereign model deployment preferred
- 12Fine-tuning, distillation, or model adaptation experience preferred
Skills
PythonFlaskDjangoFastAPITensorFlowKerasGoRustTypeScriptOpen Weight ModelsSelf Managed InfrastructureSlm
Full description
ONSITE Principal / Sr. AI Software Engineer in either Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Merrimack, NH; or Roanoke VA
• **MUST have a U.S. Citizenship to work for the U.S. DoD***
Preferred industry exp: Aerospace, Avionics, DoD, Federal Programs
REQUIREMENTS:
• Ph.D., MSCS, or BSCS work 5-8+ years of AI Engineering experience
• Strong Python coding & Python/Deep Learning Frameworks (Flask, Django, FastAPI, TensorFlow, Keras)
• plus one of GoLang, RUST, or TypeScript.
• Production experience deploying and operating open-weight models on self-managed infrastructure.
• Experience building AI/ML coding or developer tooling on SLM and LLMs (LangChain, Haystack) including code retrieval, context handling, and toolchain integration.
• Applied experience with LLM orchestration, retrieval, tool calling, and evaluation.
• Model Complex Protocol (MCP) servers, tool-calling integrations, or equivalent agent-to-system connectors delivered to
• production users.
• Open source contributions or published work in the agent, MCP, or open-weight model ecosystem.
• Systems integration depth across APIs, event streams, data pipelines, and identity.
• Track record of delivering complex technical work to production without close supervision.
HIGHLY PREFERRED:
• Industry experience in the Aerospace, DoD, intelligence community, or Federal Programs.
• Authorization processes, accredited or air-gapped environments, and sovereign model
• deployment for mission users are of particular interest.
• Fine-tuning, distillation, or model adaptation with measurable results.