Full Stack Software Engineer

Overview

Big Bear.ai is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to help build the next generation ofAI infrastructure that will drive innovation across the customer organization. In this role, you will support theAI infrastructure team by building and maintaining the platform that serves as the foundation for the customer’s AI capabilities. You will focus on inference services while supporting the broader ecosystem of AI-enabled applications.

This position is ideal for experienced engineers who can independently design, implement, and operate scalable AI infrastructure components. If you are passionate about cutting-edge AI technologies and building robust systems, this is the opportunity for you.

• Infrastructure Design: Design, implement, and optimize infrastructure forAI model inference at scale
• AI Services Development: Support the development and maintenance of production AI services and applications, including retrieval augmented generation (RAG), autonomous agents, and emerging technologies
• Problem Solving: Navigate ambiguity and define solutions for under specified systems and requirements
• Technology Adoption: Drive adoption of new technologies and practices across engineering teams
• Monitoring & Observability: Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions for AI services
• Automation: Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using
  
  Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
• Reliability: Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of AI platform components
• Security: Contribute to security best practices for AI systems and data
• Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to junior engineers

• Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active TS/SCI w/Polygraph
• Education & Experience:
  • 8 years of experience with  a technical discipline or4 additional years of experience in place of a degree
• Technical Expertise:
  • Proven experience building and maintaining production systems at scale
  • Experience with high-volume web application architecture and performance optimization
  • Strong background insystems integration across diverse technologies and platforms
  • Hands-on experience withcloud engineering in AWS
  • Proficiency with Kubernetes administration and deployment patterns
  • Strong Python programming skills
  • Experience implementingobservability solutions(APM, Open Telemetry, Grafana, Prometheus)
  • Familiarity with
    
    CI/CD pipelines and
    
    DevOps practices
  • Strong change management and organizational influence skills
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments and create structure where needed
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• AI Inference Expertise: Experience with AI inference serving technologies (e.g.,vLLM,LiteLLM)
• Agentic Frameworks: Previous experience with agentic frameworks (e.g.,Lang Chain)
• Vector Databases: Knowledge ofvector database sand embedding systems
• Distributed Systems: Experience with high-performance computingordistributed systems

Big Bear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai’s predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Big Bear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and follow Big Bear.ai

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Big Bear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.