About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Government & Public Sector.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Role overview

Confidential Client is hiring an AI Solution Developer to design and build AI-enabled applications, proofs-of-concept, prototypes, and reusable technical components for government clients. This hands-on delivery role focuses on application development, model integration, data pipelines, and cloud deployment with a strong emphasis on secure, maintainable, and testable solutions.

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What You’ll Do

• Develop, test, document, and improve components of AI-enabled applications, prototypes, and reusable accelerators.
• Implement front-end UI components using modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (e.g., React, Next.js).
• Build backend services, APIs, and application logic using Python and frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• Integrate approved generative AI models and services using model APIs, cloud AI services, or open-source frameworks.
• Contribute to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), enterprise search, intelligent assistants, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Prepare, transform, validate, and integrate data used by AI-enabled applications; work with SQL and databases.
• Apply source control, automated testing, code review, documentation, security, and deployment best practices.
• Create unit tests, perform functional testing, and document results for assigned components.
• Troubleshoot application, model-integration, data, configuration, and deployment issues with guidance from senior staff.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with developers, data engineers, ML specialists, designers, and analysts.
• Learn and apply responsible AI, privacy, security, accessibility, and human-centered development practices.

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Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of related professional experience (or equivalent technical experience via internships, academic projects, or personal projects).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret trust clearance or higher.
• Comfortable working in-person as needed (hybrid model; role is expected to include ~60% in-person engagement).
• Hands-on coding experience with Python and familiarity with a backend framework such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• Experience with or exposure to JavaScript or TypeScript and a modern front-end framework (React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Svelte, or similar).
• Familiarity with generative AI models, LLM APIs, or approved open-source AI frameworks.
• Working knowledge of APIs, system integrations, and connections to enterprise data sources.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure, AWS, or comparable) and application deployment patterns.
• Working knowledge of SQL, data ingestion, transformation, and data-quality concepts.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle practices, source control, testing, documentation, and deployment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with nationally distributed teams.
• Ability to prioritize assignments, meet deadlines, and communicate blockers and risks.

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Preferred (nice-to-have)

• Experience delivering a generative AI proof-of-concept, prototype, or production web application.
• Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, vector databases, or prompt-development techniques.
• Experience with Azure OpenAI Service, Amazon Bedrock, or comparable AI platforms.
• Experience with React, Next.js, FastAPI, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native services.
• Familiarity with model evaluation, agent-based architectures, or AI-enabled workflow automation.
• Prior work in government or secure environments with formal documentation, approval, and security requirements.
• Relevant certifications in cloud, AI, or software development.

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Location, work model & clearance

• Location: Alpharetta, GA (onsite/hybrid). Role expects approximately 60% in-person engagement to support effective teaming and delivery, subject to client and business requirements.
• Clearance: Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a secret trust clearance or higher.

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Compensation & benefits

• Base salary range for this role in the U.S.: $46,700 to $95,200 per year. (For New York City Metro, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) the posted range is $56,000 to $108,100.)
• Total Rewards may include medical and dental coverage, retirement plans (pension/401(k)), paid time off, and other benefits. Actual pay is determined by education, experience, skills, and location.

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What we look for

We seek delivery-focused professionals who enjoy building technology, solving technical problems, and learning new tools. You should be comfortable taking ownership of defined development tasks, incorporating feedback, and collaborating across diverse teams while following disciplined engineering practices.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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