Digital AI Development Engineer

Avion Solutions Inc., an employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for a Digital AI Development Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Job Responsibilities/Duties:

• Design and implement AI pipelines for data ingestion, processing, and model deployment using frameworks like LangChain and Open WebUI.

• Develop and manage embeddings databases to support semantic search, recommendation systems, and other AI-driven applications.

• Integrate AI solutions with cloud platforms such as Azure Foundry to ensure scalability, reliability, and security.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify requirements and deliver AI solutions tailored to business needs.

• Optimize AI workflows for performance and efficiency, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.

• Stay updated on the latest advancements in AI tools, frameworks, and methodologies to continuously improve pipeline performance.

• Document processes, workflows, and best practices for AI pipeline development and maintenance.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field.

• 3+ years of related work experience.

• Working understanding of AI pipelines, including data processing, model deployment, and integration.

• Understanding of frameworks such as LangChain, Open WebUI, and embeddings databases.

• Strong programming skills in Python or similar languages, with a focus on AI and data processing libraries.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with team members.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Must be a U.S. citizen and have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance.

• Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Bedrock, SageMaker, or Azure Foundry for AI solution deployment.

• Familiarity with semantic search and recommendation systems.

• Knowledge of distributed systems and scalable architectures for AI pipelines.

• Experience with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

• Understanding of MLOps practices for continuous integration and deployment of AI models.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to document and present technical solutions.

• Solid understanding of full-stack development principles, including front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Angular, or Vue.js) and back-end technologies (Python, Node.js, Java, Go) with relevant frameworks (Django, Express.js, Spring Boot, Gin).

• Experience in designing, implementing, and managing relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) or NoSQL (Mongo DB) databases.

• Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs.

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jemkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or similar, and integrating Terraform and Ansible for automated deployments.

• Experience with cloud monitoring and logging tools (such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Google Cloud Logging).

• Understanding of software architecture patterns, design principles, and security best practices for cloud environments and web applications.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across the entire technology stack.

• Experience working in an Agile development environment and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Ability to clearly and concisely document infrastructure, configurations, and deployment processes.

• Experience with Linux and/or Windows system administration.

• Motivated and customer-oriented.

Equal Opportunity: Avion Solutions, Inc. reaffirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. Avion Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA-governed Federal Contractor that affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. Avion Solutions, Inc. provides all employees and job applicants equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, color, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, national origin, or any other reason prohibited by law.