AI Full Stack Engineer (Info Retrieval, mid-career)

• Full-stack software development experience. Proven coding/development experience with Python (proficient and can mentor others and review code)
• Working knowledge of LLMs and/or Generative AI (knowledge of what they are and how they are used).
• Experience with Information Retrieval and Sematic discovery systems
• Demonstrated expereince with API design and specifications (REST/OpenAPI, JSON/JSON-Schema). You’ve built and managed APIs and back-end systems
• Experience maintaining/managing github/gitlab projects with multiple developers on it
• Familiarity and strategic use of GenAI Coding Assistants
• US Citizenship is required due to program requirements and system access
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, AI/ML, or a related field or equivalent education/experience

Join Lockheed Martin’s digital transformation journey as we accelerate change by responsibly embracing AI and OneLM Mission-Driven Transformation. The Advanced Solutions team within the Data & AI Enablement Org is seeking an AI/ML engineer to support the AI Strategy Acceleration portfolio. Teams within the portfolio focus on standardized and accelerated agentic development and ontology generation that enables semantic data discovery, reasoning, and information retrieval. The AI Strategy Acceleration Portfolio provides solutions and capabilities that underpin all AI solutions within the Advanced Solutions Division. In addition to tackling development work the team will help facilitate training and the exploration of cutting-edge technologies. We are committed to fostering a culture of innovation, and we're looking for an individual who shares our passion for using technology to drive positive change.

What You Will Be Doing

In this role, you will work closely with a team of experts in AI, software engineering, and systems development. You will contribute to the development of innovative solutions that support the organization's goals and objectives for information retrieval. You will develop solutions that inform data-driven decision making and help the organization stay ahead of the curve. You will architect, deploy, and support enterprise scaled services hosted on Cloud and on-premise technologies. This role will provide you with a unique opportunity to learn and grow, mentor, and make meaningful contributions to the team's efforts.

Who You Are

You are a motivated and enthusiastic AI/ML engineer/full-stack developer with a strong foundation in software engineering, systems development, cloud development and deployment, and AI technologies. You are a self-starter and your work is executed without much direction, you develop solutions to complex problems requiring ingenuity and creativity. You have a growth mindset, are curious and eager to learn about new technologies and solutions and are committed to developing your skills and that of the team, and staying current with industry trends. You're a team player who is able to collaborate effectively with others and is excited about the opportunity to contribute to projects and initiatives that drive innovation and improvement. You're adaptable and able to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

What’s In It For You

From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus -if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Further Information About This Opportunity

US Citizenship is required for this role due to program requirements and system access.

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Desired Skills

• Practical experience with production level LLM Tool Calling workflows
• Knowledge of Model Context Protocol
• Expertise and strategic use of GenAI Coding Assistants
• Expereince with agent development using various agentic tools and frameworks
• Expereince with autonomous workflows, Agentic devOps, and the Agentic development Lifecycle
• Expereince with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) deploying applications on cloud-based platforms and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or OpenShift pipelines)
• Data engineering experience
• Production level Information retrieval and semantic data discovery development expereince ( e.g. Experience with Vector Databases, k-NN, and Semantic Search)
• Proficiency in at least two other languages (e.g., Java, C++, Go, Rust) with contributions to core services written in those languages.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and cross‑functional stakeholder expereince
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, AI/ML or related field

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to work remotely

Full-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site. Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings.