Software Engineer - Backend Dev - Cloud/AI Specialty

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Strategic Technology Consulting (STC), an Arcfield Company, is seeking a talented professional to join our team and the fill the role of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer.

Roles and Responsibilities

The candidate should be capable to work independently as a contributor to an agile AI/ML software development team. He or she should exhibit expertise in:

• Strong software architecture and programming skills, with proficiency in Java and Python

• Experience with Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning for Generative AI and Predictive AI

• Knowledge of Extract, Translate, and Load (ETL) techniques and procedures

• Developing software applications interfaces (APIs), integrating software applications

• AI/Mlops - Model Containerization and deployment, pipeline automations

• Cloud and Information Technology principles including cloud-based architecture, database architecture, and data sharing protocols

The candidate should also demonstrate a general understanding of or interest in gaining expertise in:

• Systems Engineering processes, methods, and tools as applied to systems lifecycles

• Digital Engineering methodologies and tooling

In this role, the candidate would be collaborating with a software development team on the development and deployment of full-stack artificial intelligence software applications. The candidate will be expected to develop training/validation/test data sets, preprocessing scripts, AI models, and evaluation metrics scripts. Additional day-to-day responsibilities would include the specification, architecting, and development of cloud-based software and infrastructure to support AI/ML use cases. The candidate will be working in a cross-functional team designing, developing and deploying advanced applications in cloud and AI technology. Application development includes integration with commercial and cloud-based software through REST or Open APIs. Development of software and SI/ML pipelines. Occasionally, customer facing demonstrations of software technology are required. Additional duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• Degree in Math, Computer Science, Engineering or similar Data Science Field: BS 8-10, MS 6-8, PhD 3-5

• Software Engineering- Java, Python

• Graph-Based/Data Science Skills (PyGraph, Pydantic)

• AI/Mops - (Azure and/or AWS AI Services)

• Cloud Architecture and Solutions

• Database and Web Database Administration and Integration

• Ability to obtain/maintain Secret Clearance

Preferred Experience

• Cloud Security and Compliance

• Pipeline development/management (GitLab, Azure DevOps)

• Software application design and development using UML or SysML

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.