AI Engineer, Senior Architect

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation's interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.Seeking an experienced AI platform architect to lead the technical direction and delivery of a baseline product for building and running AI agents in secure government environments. This platform provides a complete, ATO-ready agent development and execution environment, deployable from IL2 through IL6+, that operates seamlessly in both connected (frontier model API access) and disconnected (local model execution) modes.The ideal candidate will architect and evolve the platform's core infrastructure, including agent orchestration, model access layer, AI ecosystem integration, MLOps pipelines, and enterprise services integration, while leading a small, high-impact product engineering team. This role requires deep hands-on experience with AI platforms, GPU-accelerated inference, and secure government deployment environments.This person will serve as the platform's technical face to the customer, leading architectural discussions, aligning its capabilities with mission requirements, and ensuring platform advancements integrate cleanly with the company's broader product ecosystem. They will own the technical roadmap, drive sprint-level execution, and be accountable for the platform's readiness as a deployable, supportable baseline product.Core ResponsibilitiesOwn the technical architecture across platform infrastructure, agent frameworks, model serving, and deployment automationLead platform stabilization, Helm-based packaging, and CI/CD pipeline development for repeatable deployment to customer Kubernetes clustersArchitect and evolve the AI Gateway ecosystem, including RBAC/ABAC access controls, auto-scaling, observability, and agentic workflow orchestrationDesign and deliver the MLOps pipeline for on-demand model training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and lifecycle management on GPU-accelerated infrastructureDrive connected/disconnected dual-mode architecture, ensuring agents operate seamlessly across frontier APIs (Claude, GPT-4) and local model runtimes (Ollama, vLLM)Manage the platform's ATO posture, model provenance tracking, data residency controls, and security documentationCoordinate with other product teams to ensure platform integration and avoid duplicated effortMentor engineers and establish engineering standards for the codebaseTechnical RequirementsDegree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fieldAI/ML model serving and hosting; hands-on experience with local model runtimes (Ollama, vLLM, TGI) and cloud-backed inference (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI Service), including GPU scheduling, model caching, and multi-model servingPython and systems programming; strong proficiency in Python, experience building frameworks, APIs, and developer toolingAgent and agentic systems; experience designing and building AI agent architectures, tool-use frameworks, and multi-step workflow orchestrationMLOps and model lifecycle; experience building training pipelines, experiment tracking, artifact management, and model deployment automationFinOps and observability; experience implementing cost tracking for LLM/GPU consumption, platform monitoring (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus), and alertingSecurity and compliance; understanding of FedRAMP/DoD IL2-IL6 security controls, ATO processes, RBAC/ABAC policy design, and secure software supply chain practicesInfrastructure as Code; experience with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent for automated environment provisioningCloud and hybrid; experience across AWS, Azure, and on-premises environments, ability to architect for air-gapped and edge deploymentsGPU computing; understanding of GPU-based architectures (NVIDIA ecosystem, GPU Operator, InfiniBand), containerized model deployment, and compute resource optimizationLeadership & CommunicationProven experience leading small engineering teams (3-6 people) in a tech lead or architect capacityAbility to present and defend architectural decisions to both technical teams and non-technical customer leadershipExperience in maintaining a strategic technical dialogue with government customersTrack record of translating mission requirements into platform capabilitiesAdditional RequirementsActive TS/SCI w/CI PolyRemote position; occasional travel to customer sites (including Fort Meade, MD) and company offices may be requiredFamiliarity with the Cyber Operations domainFamiliarity with Cross-Domain Solution (CDS) dataflows, schemas, and operationsFamiliarity with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Preferred QualificationsExperience deploying AI platforms in classified (IL5/IL6) or air-gapped environmentsExperience with a Model Context Protocol (MCP) specificationFamiliarity with OPA (Open Policy Agent) for policy-as-code access controlExperience with Temporal or similar durable workflow orchestration enginesBackground in DoD cyber operations, intelligence analysis, or mission planning tool developmentWe are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Created: 2026-04-02