Journeyman AI Agent Developer

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 GDIT IS YOUR PLACE At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do. ● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities ● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals ● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off ● Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home ● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace 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% T elecommuting 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.   About Our Work: We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software developme