[Hiring] Lead AI Engineer @Maximus

Role Description

Maximus is currently seeking a Lead AI Engineer - Data Science and Algorithms. We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead AI Engineer to join the Maximus AI Transformation and Experience team, building and refining AI capabilities and algorithms used across the enterprise and the government programs we support. This is a hands-on individual contributor role where you will spend most of your time designing, building, testing, deploying, and improving algorithms.

• Lead, develop, collaborate, and advance the applied and responsible use of AI, ML, mathematical, and data science solutions throughout the enterprise.
• Lead efforts across the enterprise to support the creation of solutions and real mission outcomes.
• Act as technical translator and role model for effectively articulating and translating technical needs, solutions, outputs, and impacts.
• Maintain deep, current knowledge of the AI technology landscape and emerging developments.
• Lead the creation, curation, and promotion of playbooks, best practices, lessons learned, and firm intellectual capital.

• Design, build, and improve production AI solutions.
• Own difficult technical problems from initial exploration through implementation, deployment, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Write high-quality software and contribute directly to custom enterprise capabilities.
• Build AI-enabled applications that integrate models, enterprise data, cloud services, APIs, and existing systems.
• Improve AI solutions by incorporating holistic algorithmic improvements.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies through hands-on experimentation.
• Build reusable components, libraries, patterns, and reference implementations.
• Mentor other staff through solutioning of custom algorithms and solution enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 7+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study and 10+ years of relevant professional experience required.
• 7+ years of professional advanced algorithm building and data science experience.
• 7+ years of professional Data Science or advanced algorithm building experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing or building solutions in cloud environments.
• 3+ years of experience with artificial intelligence, machine learning, or related technologies.
• Demonstrated experience developing algorithms including AI and machine learning algorithms.
• Strong understanding of the application of mathematics, AI, and signal processing in production algorithms.
• Experience designing and implementing algorithms on AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.
• Experience with deploying algorithms on production systems outside of notebooks.
• Experience building or integrating AI/ML capabilities into software systems.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, and risks clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• US Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in Python, demonstrated through substantial production software.
• Proficiency in at least one systems programming language, such as Rust, Go, C++, or C.
• Experience building and operating distributed or cloud-native production systems.
• Experience building algorithms with classical signal processing.
• Experience building AI models from scratch.
• A track record of taking algorithms from initial development through production and ongoing operation.
• Experience diagnosing complex production problems across application, infrastructure, data, and integration boundaries.
• Practical experience building algorithmic solutions leveraging large language models, machine learning models, or managed AI services.
• Experience working in environments where security, privacy, reliability, or regulatory requirements influence engineering decisions.
• Experience improving existing systems where prior decisions limit your options.
• Experience mentoring staff through collaboration, design reviews, and technical problem solving.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.

Company Description

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.