AI/ML Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Guidehouse Technology is in search of a highly skilled and driven Software Engineer with a focus on AI to join our dynamic team.

• In this position, you will collaborate with federal clients to design, develop, and implement innovative Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions that address pressing mission challenges.

• As a vital contributor, you will work alongside data scientists, developers, and subject matter experts, employing best practices to construct robust AI applications, advanced data pipelines, and intelligent systems.

• Design, develop, and deploy comprehensive AI/ML applications, emphasizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems, AI chatbots, and agentic workflows.

• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines for processing, transforming, linking, and integrating structured and unstructured data into AI models and applications.

• Create machine learning models for risk scoring, anomaly detection, classification, clustering, and predictive analytics to facilitate investigative and operational decision-making.

• Utilize graph analytics and network analysis methods to uncover hidden relationships among individuals, transactions, locations, organizations, and events.

• Implement entity resolution capabilities to match, deduplicate, and link records across extensive, disparate datasets.

• Employ NLP techniques to extract entities, relationships, topics, events, and indicators from unstructured text, documents, case notes, and other relevant data sources.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to swiftly prototype and refine solutions for mission-critical challenges in areas like fraud detection, trafficking detection, data triage, search and optimization, and automated discovery.

• Develop and maintain REST APIs to serve model inferences and integrate AI capabilities into larger systems.

• Contribute to the team's software architecture design, ensuring that solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and efficient.

• Deploy and manage applications and models in cloud environments, primarily AWS, utilizing infrastructure-as-code and DevOps best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.

• At least SIX (6) years of hands-on experience with Python and JavaScript and/or TypeScript.

• A Master’s degree OR Industry Certification can be substituted for up to two years of relevant professional experience.

• Strong practical experience with Python for AI/ML application development, data engineering, data analysis, and model implementation.

• Proven experience in developing RAG applications, including the implementation of re-ranking strategies.

• Experience in creating AI chatbots or conversational agents.

• Hands-on experience with AI application frameworks such as LangChain, Haystack, crewAI, or similar technologies.

• Comprehensive knowledge of core Python data science and ML libraries, including NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, NLTK, and OpenCV.

• Demonstrated experience in developing and applying machine learning models for classification, clustering, risk scoring, anomaly detection, and pattern recognition.

• Experience with graph analytics, network analysis, and relationship discovery across complex datasets.

• Familiarity with entity resolution, record linkage, deduplication, identity matching, or similar data matching techniques.

• Experience applying NLP techniques such as named entity recognition, text classification, semantic search, information extraction, topic modeling, and relationship extraction.

• Knowledge of deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow is preferred.

• Experience with search technologies such as Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.

• Familiarity with relational databases, such as PostgreSQL or Oracle DB, and in-memory analytics databases, like DuckDB.

• Strong understanding of SQL and data modeling techniques.

• Experience with cloud SDKs, such as Boto3 for AWS.

• Ability to work with large, disparate datasets to identify hidden patterns, relationships, anomalies, and risk indicators.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to translate mission needs into practical AI/ML solutions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Parental Leave

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Care.com annual membership

• Employee Assistance Program

• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)