Overview
FTI Defense is seeking an AI/ML Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy secure, scalable software and data systems that support mission operations, analytics, and simulation environments. This role is for a hands-on engineer and someone who loves writing code, building systems end-to-end, and solving real-world technical challenges in secure, distributed environments.
FTI Defense delivers mission-focused solutions to the Department of Defense (DoD/DoW) and Intelligence Community (IC) through advanced engineering, digital transformation, and program execution expertise. We help our customers solve complex challenges by integrating people, process, and technology.
Responsibilities
Software Design & Development
- Design and implement APIs, data pipelines, and simulation runtime logic that connect and enable mission applications.
- Develop software using modern programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, or TypeScript/Angular.
- Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following secure coding and software engineering best practices.
- Build and integrate modular microservices to improve scalability, maintainability, and interoperability.
Cloud & Containerized Environments
- Build and deploy containerized, cloud-native services using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, or equivalent).
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code and automation scripts to accelerate deployment and configuration management.
- Contribute to secure deployments across hybrid or disconnected environments (IL4–IL6, AWS GovCloud, or on-prem).
Systems Integration & Distributed Computing
- Develop distributed systems and data integration frameworks using message buses such as Kafka or Redis.
- Engineer data flow between analytic, AI, and simulation components to support real-time mission use cases.
- Collaborate with system engineers and architects to ensure interoperability across software ecosystems.
Data & Analytics Integration
- Build and manage databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, graph DBs) and model complex data relationships.
- Develop data services that feed analytics pipelines or integrate AI/ML outputs into runtime systems.
- Work with serialization and exchange formats such as JSON, Protobuf, GeoJSON, or KML.
Security, Testing & Sustainment
- Write, test, and deploy software within secure or classified environments.
- Automate testing and monitoring to ensure performance, reliability, and repeatable deployments.
- Support the transition of prototypes to operational systems, focusing on maintainability and observability.
Education/Qualifications
Minimum Requirements: