Day & Zimmermann · 2 days ago
Sr. AI Developer, GS
Chantilly, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$116K/yr - $189K/yr
5+ years expDay & Zimmermann is a company that provides integrated solutions for security and protection needs in high-threat environments. They are seeking a full-time Sr. AI Solutions Developer to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-driven solutions that enhance forecasting accuracy and improve client intelligence.
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Responsibilities
Build and deploy custom generative AI tools for proposal generation, document processing, and engineering automation. Design predictive analytics models for market intelligence, client behavior, and bid strategy optimization. 40%
Lead the development of financial analysis & forecasting tools to enhance revenue projections and control cost, cash flow modeling, and budgeting accuracy. 30%
Proactively manage data security risks and maintain safe, explainable, and bias-mitigated AI systems. Ensure full compliance with government standards (NIST, DoD, CMMC, FedRAMP) and implement ethical AI governance. 5%
Support executive leadership with data-powered insights that inform strategic planning and resource allocation. 5%
Partner with teams across engineering, finance, operations, and business development to turn challenges into AI-driven solutions. 20%
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics required
5+ years Experience with Python and machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and transformer-based frameworks (e.g., Hugging Face) required
Great attitude and team player
Successful completion of background and drug screening process
Deeply familiar with large language models (LLMs) including OpenAI's GPT series, Anthropic Claude, Cohere, Gemini and open-source models like LLaMA or Mistral; capable of fine-tuning, prompt engineering, evaluation, and safety alignment for enterprise and government use cases
Experienced in Agentic AI development, including the design and orchestration of multi-step, goal-directed AI agents that interface with APIs, databases, and user workflows. You understand frameworks such as LangChain, OpenAgents, AutoGPT, and are equipped to build autonomous or semi-autonomous agents that interact contextually and responsibly
Skilled in MLOps practices, including CI/CD, model lifecycle management, and deployment orchestration with tools like MLflow, Airflow, and Kubeflow
Experienced with cloud-based AI platforms (e.g., AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, Google Vertex AI) and integrating models within enterprise-grade data ecosystems
Adept at secure AI development compliant with CMMC, FedRAMP, NIST and related standards, with a strong awareness of data privacy, model governance, and sensitive information protection
Comfortable working with unstructured data, embedding models, vector search engines (e.g. FAISS, Pinecone), and building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines
Preferred
Master's degree preferred
7+ years Professional experience preferred
Benefits
Medical/Rx
Dental and vision coverage
Life, AD&D and disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
100% paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks
Parental leave
Family leave
Other paid time off
Voluntary benefits and discount programs to meet our employees’ individual needs including pet insurance for our furry family members
Company
Day & Zimmermann
Day & Zimmermann specializes in construction & engineering, staffing, and defense solutions for corporations and governments.
10001+ employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Joseph Ritzel
SVP Finance and CFO
Michael Yoh
Executive Vice President
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2026-01-07
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