AI Engineer

Company Overview KODA is a people‑first company and a three‑time Fortune Best Workplace®, Great Place to Work®, Best Place for Working Parents®, and a seven‑time Huntsville Best Places to Work® winner. We're a small business making a big impact on national‑priority missions in missile defense, hypersonics, DoD space, and civil space. At KODA, you'll find a culture that puts people first. Competitive pay & great benefits Career growth & professional development A culture of trust, integrity, and teamwork The name KODA, meaning "allies," reflects our commitment to our people, our customers, and our community. Join us and build a career that matters! Position Overview KODA Technologies is seeking an AI Engineer to provide technical support for the design, evaluation, and advancement of AI‑enabled applications, tools, and workflows. This hands‑on technical role is ideal for someone who builds and prototypes new frameworks, learns emerging techniques, and thrives in a fast‑moving AI ecosystem. Responsibilities Provide SETA support to government teams developing or assessing AI‑enabled applications and tools. Advise on technical approaches for AI application design, prototyping, integration, and evaluation. Assess solutions involving LLMs, retrieval‑augmented generation, tool use, agentic workflows, orchestration layers, prompt pipelines, and evaluation harnesses. Support the review of architectures, development approaches, model usage patterns, and technical risk areas. Advise on AI engineering considerations such as latency, reliability, observability, testability, guardrails, data flow, and system integration. Evaluate and compare modern AI frameworks, agentic libraries, and experimentation harnesses for suitability in mission use cases. Assist with the development of technical guidance, prototypes, engineering recommendations, and briefings for government stakeholders. Support test and evaluation activities for AI tools, including performance assessment, qualitative review, and workflow validation. Collaborate with platform engineers, product leads, mission users, and government leadership to ensure AI efforts remain technically grounded and operationally relevant. Stay current on rapid changes in the AI ecosystem and provide informed recommendations on emerging tools and practices. Requirments Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field and 12+ years of relevant experience Active Secret clearance required Experience designing, building, integrating, or evaluating AI/ML‑enabled applications or software tools. Familiarity with modern AI application patterns, including LLM‑based applications, RAG, prompt engineering, agentic systems, and AI‑assisted workflows. Experience with software development fundamentals, APIs, data handling, and system integration. Ability to assess technical tradeoffs and communicate them clearly to both engineers and government stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication skills Preferred Requirements Ability to obtain a TS SCI clearance required Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages commonly used in AI application development. Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, model APIs, evaluation frameworks, and agent testing harnesses. Exposure to model hosting, inference pipelines, or cloud‑based AI development environments. Understanding of secure AI development practices, data protection, and operational constraints in government settings. Experience supporting defense, cyber, intelligence, or mission application development. Familiarity with human‑in‑the‑loop workflows, AI assurance, and evaluation methodologies. Working knowledge of one or more agentic or orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, Haystack, LlamaIndex, or similar ecosystems. Clearance U.S. Citizenship and an Active Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain a TS SCI clearance required. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement KODA Technologies Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non‑merit based factors. If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact View email address on click.appcast.io to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process. #J-18808-Ljbffr KODA Technologies Inc.