Overview
Credence is one of the largest privately held technology services firms in the U.S., consistently recognized as a Top Workplace and featured on the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list for 12 consecutive years. We serve the largest defense and health agencies with mission-critical AI / ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence solutions. Our commitment to servant leadership , innovation , and continuous learning helps our people—and our clients—succeed.
Position Summary
Credence has an immediate need for a Mid-Level AI Engineer to join our growing AI and Automation practice. You will be a technical anchor in our AI and Automation practice. You’ll apply foundational AI / ML skills to build and deploy data-driven solutions. Under mentorship from senior AI leaders, you’ll drive model development lifecycles and collaborate across engineering, data, and stakeholder teams to deliver high-impact, cloud-native AI capabilities that advance federal missions.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below
Support end-to-end AI development : data prep, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and integration into production pipelines.
Work alongside data engineers, software engineers, and data scientists to embed AI into scalable systems and applications.
Help automate model deployment workflows using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI / CD pipelines, and container orchestration tools.
Contribute to projects using generative AI and LLMs, helping to prototype, customize, and refine models.
Monitor AI systems post-deployment, perform performance tuning, and apply best practices for reliability and scalability.
Write clean, well-documented code following industry and federal guidelines; support reproducible development.
Stay current on AI / ML trends and tools, and actively learn from senior team members through mentorship and technical design reviews.
Requirements
What You Bring
Preferred
Why This Role Matters
Ai Engineer • McLean, VA, US