ICON
Senior AI Engineer Software Engineer Government Technology
Austin, Texas, United States · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$193k-$265kDetected 15 days ago
TypeScriptPythonFull-Stack DevelopmentVector DatabasesAWSMachine LearningNLPLLMsRAGAgentic AIAI OrchestrationCybersecurityCommunication
About the role
- ICON is looking for a pragmatic builder who has made the leap from traditional software engineering into the emerging world of agentic AI development to join our Government Technology team.
- ICON is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an innovative, inclusive, diverse and discrimination-free work environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and build agentic AI systems that automate complex, multi-step workflows across ICON's software platform
- Develop LLM-powered features and products using state-of-the-art foundation models and APIs (e.g. Anthropic, OpenAI)
- Architect and implement multi-agent pipelines, tool-use systems, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations
- Build robust RAG systems including document ingestion, chunking strategies, embedding pipelines, and vector retrieval
- Collaborate with software and domain teams to identify high-leverage AI automation opportunities and translate them into shipped products
- Own the full development lifecycle of AI features: prototyping, evaluation, deployment, and iteration
- Demonstrated experience building and shipping production-grade products using LLMs and agentic frameworks
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong foundation in backend or full-stack development
- Proficiency in TypeScript and/or Python
- Experience with tool-use, function calling, and agent orchestration (e.g. LangChain, LlamaIndex, Claude Code, or custom implementations)
- Proficiency in the design and execution of structured evals to measure and improve AI system performance
- Experience working in or alongside government, defense, or regulated environments
- Strong experience working with code generation agents (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, Devin-style systems)
- Familiarity with AWS and serverless infrastructure for AI workloads
Skills
- Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) server development and integration
- Familiarity with vector databases (e.g. pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate)
- Experience with fine-tuning, RLHF, or model evaluation pipelines
- Director, Defense Technology Programs and is available for remote work with periodic travel to ICON HQ in Austin, TX as projects require.
Compensation
- The pay range for this position is $192,640 – $264,880 annually.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Government security clearance
This listing is sourced directly from ICON's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.