50 staff ai engineer jobs at 37 companies in Washington, DC
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Staff AI/ML Engineer
Chantilly or Manassas
HybridFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's in a technical field, 5+ years AI/ML or related engineering experience, strong Python and MLOps experience, cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP), Spark/Databricks, AI testing/evaluation, and customer-facing communication skills. Secret clearance required or attainable.
Python, Jupyter Notebook, Apache Spark, Databricks, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, AutoGen, Kubernetes, Docker, Microsoft Azure AI Services, AWS SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, Vector databases, MLflow, GitLab, GitHub
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Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer
Austin or Reston
HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years building distributed systems and cloud-native AI infrastructure; strong Python and systems programming skills; Kubernetes, GPU inference, and platform engineering experience; leadership and architecture experience.
Python, Go, Rust, C++, vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, Triton Inference Server, Ray Serve, Kubernetes, Helm, Argo CD, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform
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Staff Engineer, AI
Herndon, Virginia, United States
HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering; 4+ years AI/ML; Python; PyTorch/TensorFlow; CV models; geospatial tools; AWS/Kubernetes; TS/SCI clearance.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, GDAL, Rasterio, GeoPandas, Shapely, xarray, Zarr, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker
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Staff II/ Staff III AI/ML Engineer
Chantilly or Manassas
HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years AI/ML experience, BS in CS or related field, hands-on MLOps and AI evaluation, cloud and distributed processing experience, strong Python skills, customer-facing communication, ability to obtain Secret clearance.
Python, Jupyter Notebook, Apache Spark, Databricks, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, AutoGen, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure AI Services, AWS SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, Vector databases, MLflow, GitLab, GitHub
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Senior Staff AI Engineer
Columbia, Maryland, United States
$140k-$185k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOEAdvanced degree in EE or related field, 7+ years experience, hands-on prototyping/fabrication, deploying tinyML on microcontrollers, sensor and DSP experience, mentorship and team leadership, proficiency in Python, MATLAB, and C.
Python, MATLAB, C
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Staff AI Engineer
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
$185k-$220k/yr RemoteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years production software engineering experience, 2+ years building LLM-powered systems, strong Python coding, statistical literacy, eval design for LLMs, product and end-to-end system ownership skills.
Python, LLM, OpenAI, Anthropic
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Staff AI Security Engineer
Bellevue or Chicago or New York City or San Francisco or Washington
$161k-$248k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in security engineering or backend development, expertise in AI threat landscape, strong coding in Python or Go, cloud (AWS/GCP) experience, and leadership/mentorship ability.
Python, Go, LangChain, Strands, Claude Agent SDK, AWS, GCP, OWASP, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF
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Sr Staff Engineer — AI Security Architecture (HYBRID)
Seattle or Palo Alto or Dallas or Bethesda
$120k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in software or security engineering; hands-on with AI/security automation; cloud (Azure preferred); Python; Terraform/Ansible; CI/CD; Kubernetes/Docker; identity and enterprise auth integrations.
Python, Terraform, Ansible, Azure, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, OAuth/OIDC, APIs
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Senior Staff Environmental Engineer or Scientist
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$71k-$107k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOESenior staff level role requiring 2+ years in environmental due diligence, fieldwork, regulatory knowledge, OSSHA 40-hr HAZWOPER, strong writing, and travel.
AutoCAD, GIS, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, AI tools
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Staff Systems Engineer
Clarksburg, Maryland, United States
$150k-$190k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOEBachelor's degree in a technical discipline and 7+ years of systems engineering experience with complex cyber-physical systems, requirements traceability, functional architecture, safety analysis, and cross-functional technical leadership.
Jama Connect, IBM DOORS, Polarion, ISO 26262, AI
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Staff Software Engineer
North Bethesda or Waltham
$170k-$195k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOELead architecture, build scalable platform, and integrate AI/ML with Siemens partnership; 12+ years of software development; strong Python, AWS, React/NextJS; Enterprise-grade systems.
Python, AWS, React, NextJS
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Staff Data Engineer - AI Platform
United States or North America or San Francisco or Los Angeles or New York City or Washington or London or Singapore
RemoteFull Time
Experience operating distributed OLAP or serving-layer systems, tuning queries, owning pipeline reliability, responding to incidents, using AI tools, and taking on-call responsibility. U.S. citizenship required.
StarRocks, Claude, Trino, ClickHouse, Cursor, Slack, Otter.ai, Fireflies, Fathom, Cluey
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Member of Technical Staff - AI Cloud Infrastructure
Oakland or Boston or Washington or California or Massachusetts or District of Columbia
HybridFull Time
7+ YOERequires 7+ years in infrastructure or platform engineering, managed cloud or AI platform architecture, Kubernetes, Slurm, parallel filesystems, Linux, Terraform, Ansible, Python or Go, and GPU networking.
Kubernetes, Slurm, Lustre, GPFS, Weka, VAST, BeeGFS, Linux, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Go, InfiniBand, RoCE, RDMA, NVIDIA SuperPOD, GPUDirect Storage, NCCL, DCGM, S3, Ceph, MinIO, Emerald Conductor
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Staff Software Engineer - Investor/Owner
Santa Barbara or San Diego or Dallas or Atlanta or Chicago or San Francisco or Denver or Washington DC
$167k-$209k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years of experience building scalable web apps; proven leadership; architectural design; AI tooling experience preferred.
Ruby on Rails, Golang, React, AWS
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Distinguished Engineer, AI Threat Defense
Eagan or Frisco or New York City or Richmond or San Francisco or Los Angeles or Irvine or McLean or Washington
$198k-$368k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience at Principal, Staff, or Distinguished Engineer level, with AI threat defense, production AI systems, mature SOC/CIRT, enterprise security architecture, and technical influence expertise.
Model Context Protocol (MCP), SIEM, SOAR, SAST, AppSec, AWS, Azure, GCP, LLM
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Staff Field Solutions Engineer (R5522)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$180k-$270k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOERequires 7+ years in solutions, systems, technical sales, autonomy, robotics, defense software, aerospace, or related roles; expertise in AI-enabled systems and customer engagements; travel required.
Hivemind, Python, C++, Linux, APIs, SDKs
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Staff Solutions Engineer
Austin or San Francisco or Chicago or New York City or Arlington
$149k-$207k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in solutions engineering or pre-sales for enterprise SaaS, strong CIO/CISO relationships, integration and security architecture knowledge, ability to build ROI narratives, and proficiency with AI tools.
Claude, Figma Make, Python
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Staff Software Engineer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience, Computer Science degree required, experienced in distributed systems and event-driven architectures, familiar with AI-driven workflows; strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
Grails, Java, Spring, Angular, React, RDBMS
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Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, Google Cloud Security
Reston or New York
$207k-$301k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE3+ MgmtBachelor's or equivalent, 8 years software development, 5 years ML design/infrastructure, 3 years leading technical projects, experience with LLMs/Generative AI and GCP.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Vertex AI, TPU
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Space Assembly Integration and Test (AI&T) Payload IPT Lead - Staff Engineer Systems
Linthicum, Maryland, United States
$169k-$254k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOERequires extensive RF sensor integration and test experience, technical leadership, BS/MS/PhD in STEM with significant experience, active U.S. Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI, and U.S. citizenship.
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