Journeyman AI Agent Developer

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

• $93K — $126K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Arts or Sciences
  • 3+ years of related experience
  • Hands-on experience with Generative AI and AI agents
  • Experience in Java and full-stack application development
  • Knowledge of AWS cloud services and cloud-native development

Responsibilities

  • Translate AI prototypes into scalable AI solutions
  • Develop AI agents and workflows for enterprise applications
  • Integrate AI capabilities into existing Java applications
  • Maintain APIs and orchestration logic for agentic workflows
  • Implement human-in-the-loop patterns and orchestrations based on use cases
  • Leverage AWS services to deploy and monitor AI solutions

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision plan options
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible work weeks and various paid time off plans
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance
Full Job Description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile SDLC, AI Agent Orchestration, AI Agents, AWS Cloud Computing

Certifications:

None

Experience:

3 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

AI AGENT SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Own your opportunity to turn data into measurable outcomes for our customers’ most complex challenges. As an AI Software Engineer . Here, you’ll see the bigger picture on mission initiatives and where your program management career can go at GDIT.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As an AI Agent Software Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our clients.
● Rapidly translating AI/agentic proof-of-concepts and solution designs into working, production-ready capabilities.
● Working under the technical direction of solutions architects and engineering leads, the AI agent software engineer will build, integrate, test, and refine AI agents within an AWS cloud environment supporting a full-stack Java application ecosystem


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

● Translate AI architecture, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts into functional and scalable agentic AI solutions
● Develop AI agents and workflows that interact with enterprise applications, APIs, data sources, knowledge repositories, and other agents

● Integrate AI capabilities into existing full-stack Java applications SDLC
● Develop and maintain APIs, services, orchestration logic, prompts, context-management approaches, and supporting components required for agentic workflows

● Implement retrieval, tool-calling, workflow orchestration, structured outputs, and human-in-the-loop patterns as required by individual use cases
● Leverage AWS cloud and AI services provided by client to develop, deploy, monitor, and scale agentic solutions


WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The AI Software Engineer must have:
● Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
● Experience: 3+ years of related experience
● Technical skills

  • Hands-on experience developing solutions using Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, or AI-assisted application capabilities.
  • Hands-on experience developing multi-agent or workflow-based AI solutions
  • Strong software development fundamentals delivering enterprise AI agentic solutions
  • Experience with Java and full-stack application development
  • Working knowledge of AWS cloud services and cloud-native development
  • Understanding of prompt design, context management, structured outputs, tool/function calling, and agent workflow concepts


OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in data science and engineering at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your determination for solving complex data challenges.

The likely salary range for this position is $93,500 - $126,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 


Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

 

 

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