Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Clearance Required

Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Clearance Required

Job Locations

US-VA-Arlington

Job ID

2025-13167

# of Openings

Category

Information Technology

Benefit Type

Salaried High Fringe / Full-Time

Overview

At LMI, we're building mission-ready AI that delivers impact where it matters most. Our Forward Deployed AI Engineers embed with government partners to tackle high-priority, fast-moving challenges-designing and deploying AI solutions that accelerate decisions, uncover anomalies, and unlock the power of our LIGER generative AI (GenAI) platform.

Like a startup CTO in the field, you'll wear many hats : part software engineer, part AI architect, part problem solver. You'll operate with autonomy, adapt to shifting requirements, and bring technical clarity to ambiguous problems-all while collaborating with mission stakeholders, software engineers, and the Chief Product Officer team. If you thrive at the intersection of customer impact, technical excellence, and operational speed, this role offers the chance to deliver AI that matters.

This role requires an ActiveTS / SCI security clearance and availability to collocate with our defense and national security customers in the Pentagon.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

Responsibilities

Own technical delivery : Drive AI solution design and implementation across multiple government deployments, from first prototype to stable mission use.

• Embed with customers : Serve as a technical thought partner to mission stakeholders, guiding adoption, maximizing impact, and ensuring successful deployments.
• Build GenAI-enabled systems : Prototype and implement pipelines using Python, TypeScript, or comparable stacks aligned to customer mission needs.
• Guide value realization : Help customers understand trade-offs, sequence delivery, and adapt applications to achieve operational outcomes.
• Deliver clarity under ambiguity : Scope projects, remove blockers, and make informed trade-offs between speed, scope, and quality.
• Contribute directly in code : Write and review software across backend and full-stack environments when clarity or momentum depends on it.
• Codify patterns : Capture reusable workflows, best practices, and lessons learned into playbooks, tools, and building blocks that scale beyond a single project.
• Shape the roadmap : Share field signal with LMI's product and research teams to guide the evolution of LIGER and related AI capabilities.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Desired Qualifications

Target salary range : $130,986 - $233,154

The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

#LI-SH1

LMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. LMI is committed to the fair treatment of all and to our policy of providing applicants and employees with equal employment opportunities. LMI recruits, hires, trains, and promotes people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, protected veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application process, please contact

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