AI Solutions Engineer.

SAIC has an exciting opportunity for an AI Solutions Engineer to help us transform the way work is done for one of our major government clients. The AI Solutions Engineer will assist with building the AI capabilities used by end-users, administrators, and the application development community. Our client is committed to a journey that will modernize hundreds of legacy applications with unprecedented speed, digitize low-to-no-tech business processes, and outfit the organization with cutting edge tools for planning and decision making. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in traditional application development practices, expertise configuring an agentic harness, and an understanding of the business challenges associated with adopting AI. 

This position is a fully onsite role at the customer location in Washington, DC.

Experience with frontier models and tools such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or Cursor is essential.

• Design and configure enterprise AI tools such as agentic harnesses and chatbots.
• Define and refine strategies for efficient token usage.
• Support the AI-enabled development of mission applications by troubleshooting integration issues, API errors and system reliability concerns.
• Train the user community on best practices, limitations and advanced capabilities.
• Recommend new options to executives as industry capabilities evolve.
• Monitor the service health and cost associated with AI usage.

SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.