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Sr. AI Engineer, Special Programs

SpaceX· Starshield AI Engineering
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Washington, DC$220k - $350kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior AI engineer focused on designing, building, and deploying AI capabilities for U.S. federal agencies, partnering across product, research, infrastructure, and governance to deliver safe, transparent, and effective AI solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and optimize integrations between AI frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments
  • Collaborate on custom SDKs, APIs, developer tools, and documentation tailored for government and enterprise developers
  • Partner with agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype solutions, and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback
  • Ship production-grade code and features with a bias toward speed, simplicity, and measurable impact

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree
  • 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications (strong Python proficiency, other languages a plus)

Skills

Required:Large language models / generative AIAPIs / SDKsCommunication
Nice to have:Cloud platformsContainerization / orchestrationPolicy / governance / safety

Benefits

  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • discounts and other perks
  • stock options or long-term incentives (eligibility)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • potential discretionary bonuses
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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