Maximus · 4 hours ago
Lead AI Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $172K/yr
7+ years expMaximus is seeking a Lead AI Software Engineer to join their AI Accelerator team. The role involves architecting and optimizing scalable AI systems, integrating AI models in production, and collaborating on strategic company-wide initiatives. The successful candidate will lead technical implementation efforts and mentor junior engineers while ensuring systems are resilient and compliant.
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Responsibilities
Design and develop advanced AI software applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and integration with enterprise systems
Responsible for developing and modifying systems software (i.e., software for use in operating/controlling hardware and providing a platform for running internal end-user/business applications)
Develop and communicate descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive insights/algorithms
Apply knowledge of experimental methodologies, statistics, optimization, probability theory and machine learning using code for tool building, statistical analysis and modeling, using both general purpose software and statistical languages
Lead technical implementation efforts in both theoretical and product design environments, translating complex algorithms and specifications into code while mentoring junior engineers and guiding team-level development practices
Develop, collaborate, and advance the applied and responsible use of AI, ML and data science solutions throughout the enterprise by finding the right fit of tools, technologies, processes, and automation to enable effective and efficient solutions for each unique situation
Contribute and lead the creation, curation, and promotion of playbooks, best practices, lessons learned and firm intellectual capital
Contribute to efforts across the enterprise to support the creation of solutions and real mission outcomes leveraging AI capabilities from Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, LLMs and classical machine learning
Maintain current knowledge and evaluation of the AI technology landscape and emerging developments and their applicability for use in production/operational environments
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 7+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Professional Programming experience (e.g. Python, etc.)
Proficiency in Software Engineering, DevOps, and modern development technologies and methodologies
Experience with API programming
Experience with Linux
Experience with Machine Learning
Experience working as a contributor on a team
3+ yrs experience in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
7+ yrs experience in Software Development
4+ yrs experience with Cloud Solutioning
Preferred
Experience working as an individual contributor in AI
Use of state-of-the-art technology to solve operational problems in AI and Machine Learning
Strong knowledge of data structures, common computing infrastructures/paradigms (stand alone and cloud), and software engineering principles
Ability to design custom solutions in the AI and Advanced Analytics sphere for customers
Ability to build reference implementations of operational AI & Advanced Analytics processing solutions
Use of a variety of programming languages, including but not limited to Python/Java and frontend frameworks for POC demos and dashboarding
Use and development of program automation, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and Agile
Experience with deep learning model architecture development and philosophy
Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
5+ yrs of related experience in AI, advanced analytics, computer science, or software development
Python Experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Pandas
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
A retirement savings plan
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Company
Maximus
Providing government technology services, digitally enabled customer experiences, and clinical health services that change lives.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.93M2010-12-09Post Ipo Equity· $7.93M
Leadership Team
Elisabeth Schmidt
Senior Vice President
Michael Mateer
Sr. Vice President, Enterprise Technology
Recent News
2025-11-20
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