AI/ML Engineer

Clarity Innovations
Springfield, VAFull-time$163,000–$368,000Posted Sep 11, 2026

About the role

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation’s interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.

Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.

We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.

The AI/ML Engineer will establish and evolve the technical architecture supporting AI-enabled capabilities, including agents, models, retrieval systems, data services, orchestration, evaluation, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop workflows.

The AI/ML Engineer t will maximize reuse of the sponsor’s enterprise capabilities while identifying architectural gaps requiring new or enhanced capabilities. This role will establish reusable patterns for AI capability development and ensure that solutions are scalable, modular, observable, secure, and based on open/COTS/FOSS technologies.

Technical Skills:

AI/ML architecture and applied AI systems

LLM and generative AI architectures

Agentic AI and multi-agent systems

RAG and knowledge retrieval architectures

Model serving and inference architectures

AI evaluation and benchmarking

AI guardrails and human-in-the-loop architectures

AI/ML lifecycle management

Python

REST APIs and microservices

Containerization with Docker/Kubernetes

Cloud and hybrid/on-premises architectures

Event-driven architectures

MLOps/LLMOps

Model and application observability

Secure software architecture

Experience integrating enterprise platforms and APIs

Salary Range: $163,000 - $368,000

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and evolve the technical architecture supporting AI-enabled capabilities
  • Maximize reuse of the sponsor’s enterprise capabilities
  • Identify architectural gaps requiring new or enhanced capabilities
  • Establish reusable patterns for AI capability development
  • Ensure solutions are scalable, modular, observable, secure, and based on open/COTS/FOSS technologies

Qualifications

  • Experience with AI/ML architecture and applied AI systems
  • Knowledge of LLM and generative AI architectures
  • Familiarity with agentic AI and multi-agent systems
  • Experience with model serving and inference architectures
  • Understanding of AI evaluation and benchmarking

Skills mentioned

PythonGenerative AILarge Language ModelsAI AgentsRetrieval-Augmented GenerationModel ServingMLOpsLLMOpsREST APIsKubernetes

About Clarity Innovations

Clarity Innovations designs, develops, and deploys force-enhancing software that links human ingenuity to powerful computing and makes our country and our world a better, safer place. Our principles of servant leadership, mutual respect, and technological excellence enable us to thrive on the challenges of the digital frontline. Clarity is focused on helping the Government redefine its relationship with technology by encouraging the use of DevSecOps and Agile methodologies, small-teams constructs, and process automation. To create an atmosphere that embraces the challenges inherent in progress, we honor creativity and curiosity, supporting exploration and growth with modern tech stacks and methodologies.  We are as much a family as we are a team, collectively engineering technology that improves the lives and work of the people who use it. We empower our people with the tools, training, and vision they need to outperform the competition.

Software Development201-500 employeesColumbia, MD