Lead AI Engineer
Govini
Lead AI Engineer
Govini transforms Defense Acquisition from an outdated manual process to a software-driven strategic advantage for the United States. Our flagship product, Ark, supports Supply Chain, Science and Technology, Production, Sustainment, Logistics, and Modernization teams with AI-enabled Applications and best-in-class data to more rapidly imagine, develop, and field the capabilities we need. Today, the national security community and every branch of the military rely on Govini to enable faster and more informed Acquisition decisions.
We are seeking an experienced Lead AI Engineer to lead our Agentic AI team as we scale our agentic offerings across all levels of the US government. Over the past year, we have seen the rapid adoption of our agent, Ace. We expect Ace to be handling much more complex tasks and workflows end-to-end and/or in cooperation with a human user as time goes on. The team is striving to make Ace an even more effective agent, focusing on planning, reliable execution over longer time horizon tasks, scaled tool use, Ace Skills, memory, and inter-agent coordination.
In order to do this job well, we are looking for someone who can demonstrate a project built on LLMs that showcases your skill at getting them to do complex tasks.
Experience leading agentic system development from ideation through production, including technical design, architecture decisions, and day-to-day leadership of Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers
Experience integrating and working with LLMs, with a strong understanding of their capabilities and limitations
Experience integrating and working with agent frameworks like Claude Agent SDK or OpenAI Agent SDK
Experience building observability, evaluation, and feedback loops for agent behavior (telemetry, prompt evaluation, regression testing, and reliability metrics).
Experience working in highly ambiguous environments, and operating with urgency
Lead Agile ceremonies and technical planning for the Agentic AI team
Strong Candidates have:
Experience designing and deploying complex agentic systems using LLMs
Hands-on work with multi-agent coordination, routing, and tool orchestration
Passion for building autonomous and semi-autonomous systems that solve real customer problems
This role is a full-time position located out of our office in Pittsburgh, PA.
This role may require up to 10% travel
Scope of Responsibilities
Designs and builds multi-agent systems with tool use, memory, routing, and planning
Develops Agent Skills and tools as modular, composable services that interact with backend systems, models, and data processing
Assist with automated evaluation of agents, skills, and prompts across the entire product lifecycle
Work with our Product and Implementation organizations to find solutions to our most vexing challenges applying agents to our customer problems
Qualifications
U.S. Citizenship is required
Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
Minimum 3 years of experience building and deploying ML or LLM-powered systems in production environments
Minimum 2 years of experience leading or mentoring engineering teams in production environments
Practical experience in building, developing, and productionizing machine learning systems
Advanced software skills in Python
Experience with common LLM algorithms and implementations
Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure
A strong desire to learn and investigate new technologies
Familiarity with Git source control management
Ability to work collaboratively with little supervision
A burning desire to work in a challenging fast-paced tech environment
Desired Skills
Current possession of a U.S. security clearance, or the ability to obtain one with our sponsorship
Experience in or exposure to the nuances of a startup or other entrepreneurial environment
Experience with Claude Code and GenAI coding best practices.
We firmly believe that past performance is the best indicator of future performance. If you thrive while building solutions to complex problems, are a self-starter, and are passionate about making an impact in global security, we're eager to hear from you.
Govini is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.