AI Standards Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Establish, implement, and uphold engineering, quality, and operational standards to support AI Studio development in a secure enterprise-scale setting.

• Ensure that AI solutions adhere to best practices for reliability, scalability, model lifecycle governance, and responsible AI.

• Work collaboratively with development, MLOps, data engineering, and product teams to ensure standards align with mission and technical requirements.

• Assist in the integration and standardization across Advana platforms, including Databricks workflows, model development pipelines, and data engineering patterns.

• Create documentation, checklists, engineering playbooks, and audit mechanisms to enforce approved standards.

• Guide and review AI/ML code, notebooks, models, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Facilitate the delivery of work proposed in the associated RFP through repeatable, compliant, and high-quality processes.

• Supervise the creation, evolution, and enforcement of AI Studio standards.

• Define frameworks for model lifecycle management, MLOps patterns, and development governance.

• Lead alignment efforts with senior engineering, security, and product stakeholders.

• Provide architecture, governance, and compliance guidance for Databricks-based AI workflows.

• Mentor team members and encourage the adoption of standards.

• Develop reusable templates, tools, and code assets.

• Audit notebooks, models, and pipelines to ensure compliance.

• Assist in automating quality checks, linting, model validation, and maintaining environment consistency within Databricks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in designing, documenting, and enforcing engineering and operational standards for AI/ML development.

• Experience in supporting AI/ML development within secure enterprise environments.

• Practical experience with Databricks, including notebooks, clusters, repositories, workflows, and model deployment patterns.

• Familiarity with CI/CD, version control, and automated quality enforcement.

• Knowledge of model governance, documentation, and lifecycle management.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional technical and mission teams.

• Active Secret clearance required.

• Experience with DoD or federal data/AI programs is preferred.

• Understanding of responsible AI principles and compliance frameworks is preferred.

• Experience with automated testing, linting, or quality assurance for AI pipelines is preferred.

• Familiarity with large-scale data platforms, secure data handling, and operational monitoring is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance.

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays.

• Position may qualify for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan.

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life Insurance.

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance.

• Student Loan PayDown program.

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities.

• Skills Development & Certifications.

• Employee Referral Program.

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach.

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program.

• Mobility Stipend.

• Flexible benefits package.