Staff Software Engineer at Pfizer designing software systems and leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity. Working closely with business units to solve real problems through software solutions.
About the role
- Senior Technical Lead for Agentic AI systems at Agile Defense. Leading AI prototype programs for national security with technical architecture and delivery management.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Technical Lead and Delivery Manager for a high-impact Agentic AI Prototype program with the Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO)
- Function as the most senior full-stack engineer and architect on the agreement
- Translate Government-defined mission outcomes into secure, production-ready AI agent capabilities delivered within DoD IL5+ cloud environments
- Lead internal implementation, coordinate multiple non-traditional subcontractor teams, partner closely with the Government Product Owner, and be accountable for delivering accepted capabilities against fixed-price milestones
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in technical leadership roles delivering production AI systems in secure or regulated environments
- Proven track record designing, building, and fielding agentic AI systems, including:
- Agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph) and multi-agent orchestration
- Advanced prompt engineering, system prompts, and agent persona libraries
- Tool use/function calling, logical branching, and state management
- Strong cloud expertise in IL5+ environments:
- Azure IL5 and/or Google GovCloud; Kubernetes/containers; serverless; VNET/governance; Key Vault/Secrets; identity and access control
- Model inference platforms: Google Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock; SDK integration with Gemini Enterprise, Anthropic for Gov, and Grok Enterprise
- Data engineering and integration:
- Designing secure API integrations and data ingestion pipelines (ETL/ELT) for structured/unstructured sources
- Experience with RAG pipelines, embeddings, and vector databases (e.g., pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate)
- Building or integrating metadata catalogs/platforms (MCP) and search APIs (e.g., DataHub, OpenMetadata, Custom MCP)
- DevSecOps and compliance:
- Implementing CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and secure software supply chain (SBOM, signing)
- Familiarity with DoD SRG IL5, FedRAMP High, RMF, and ATO-ready standards; experience preparing ATO packages and security documentation
- Agile delivery:
- Leading multiple agile teams in short, outcome-focused sprints; driving acceptance of fixed-price milestones and demonstrable prototypes
- Programming and tooling:
- Expert-level Python and TypeScript/JavaScript; REST/gRPC; OpenAPI; microservices; eventing/queues (Kafka/SQS); relational and NoSQL databases
- Strong hands-on ability to produce high-quality code, conduct code reviews, and mentor senior engineers
- Communication and leadership:
- Exceptional ability to partner with Government stakeholders, synthesize mission needs, and present technical solutions and demos
- Experience managing non-traditional subcontractors, small businesses, or academic teams and coordinating multi-party delivery
Benefits
- Competitive and comprehensive benefits package
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