Cognitive AI Engineer SWE

Location: Onsite in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States. All applicants must currently reside in the United States.

Salary: USD $109,722–$253,707 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications across frontend and backend systems.
• Build ETL workflows and data ingestion capabilities that reconcile requested infrastructure with infrastructure actually deployed.
• Integrate data products and analytical results into user-focused applications and visualizations.
• Use AI and machine learning tools to accelerate data analysis, prototype solutions, and improve engineering workflows.
• Identify infrastructure discrepancies, policy violations, and deviations from approved best practices.
• Drive features through concept, implementation, testing, deployment, and continued improvement while collaborating with engineers, data specialists, subject matter experts, and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience developing data pipelines, ETL workflows, or data processing applications.
• Experience with Kafka and streaming analytics, plus working knowledge of relational databases.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI/ML tools to accelerate data analysis and engineering solution development.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across technical and mission-focused teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, or additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience level options: Level 0 requires a bachelor’s degree or 4 additional years of relevant experience; Level 1 requires 3+ years of experience and a bachelor’s degree, or 4 additional years of relevant experience; Level 2 requires 8+ years of experience and a bachelor’s degree, or 4 additional years of relevant experience; Level 3 requires 12+ years of experience and a bachelor’s degree, or 10+ years of experience and a master’s degree.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience supporting production cyber network operations capabilities.
• Experience analyzing cybersecurity datasets, including network traffic and operating system events.
• Understanding of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
• Familiarity with ClickHouse.
• Exposure to dataflow, data science, mission analytics, or operational technology environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-focused work supporting infrastructure awareness, analytics, and national security operations.
• Iterative environment with cross-functional collaboration and meaningful operational impact.
• Compensation varies based on skills, experience, education, certifications, location, and other factors.
• Estimated compensation excludes the value of offered benefits.