Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer (AI/ML)

Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States

Salary: $47.60–$108.18 per hour

Company

hirify.global provides government solutions, defense, intelligence, and deployed support for critical United States Government missions.

What you will do

• Capture cyber and intelligence user workflows, document operational decision points, and translate them into process maps, automation requirements, or executable logic.
• Design and implement LLM-powered workflows, agent-based automation, or hybrid AI solutions based on mission needs.
• Integrate AI systems with APIs, enterprise data stores, and mission platforms.
• Streamline analytical tasks, improve data accessibility, and support rapid decision-making in high-tempo environments.
• Collaborate with operators, analysts, developers, and mission leadership to integrate solutions with existing systems and ensure production reliability.
• Meet security and governance expectations for classified environments.

Requirements

• Experience capturing user workflows and translating them into structured process maps, automation requirements, or executable logic.
• Experience designing or implementing LLM-based or agentic workflows, including multi-step reasoning, tool integrations, and orchestration.
• Experience integrating AI systems with APIs, enterprise data stores, or mission platforms.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python.
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph is required.
• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, data science, or software engineering within cyber, intelligence, or national security environments; 6+ years of such experience may substitute for a degree; alternatively, a master’s degree and technical experience are accepted.

Nice to have

• Experience engineering AI capabilities in on-premise or multi-classification environments.
• Experience with AWS or Azure, including restricted or classified environments.
• Experience with AI/LLM frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, or CrewAI.
• Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, vLLM, or llama.cpp.
• Experience with cyber or intelligence workflows, operational data types, or mission-oriented analytical processes.
• Master’s degree in AI, ML, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or Engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly on critical United States Government defense and intelligence missions.
• Collaborate with mission users, operators, analysts, developers, and leadership.
• Employment includes access to the company’s salary and benefits package.
• Selected applicants are subject to a security investigation and eligibility requirements for classified information.