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.
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 life-cycles and collaborate across engineering, data, and stakeholder teams to deliver high-impact, cloud-native AI capabilities that advance federal missions.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of hands-on experience delivering AI/ML solutions.
- Familiarity with OpenAI, Claude Sonnet, Claude Opus, and other AI engines.
- Strong Python proficiency and familiarity with AI/ML libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
- Understanding of supervised and unsupervised learning techniques.
- Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and container tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and basic MLOps workflows.
- Experience or interest in generative AI and working with LLMs.
- Experience with VS Code and AI extensions like Cline and Claude Code, in addition to QDeveloper.
- Strong communication skills and client-oriented mindset.
- U.S. Citizenship with eligibility for DoD Secret clearance.
Requirements
- Experience with Bedrock, Strands, Q Developer, Kiro, AgentCore Gateway.
- Exposure to AWS Serverless technologies including ones that enable Event based architecture (important for Agentic AI systems).
- Experience with IaC tools (AWS CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation) or model monitoring tools.
- Exposure to data engineering concepts or data pipeline optimization.
- Knowledge of federal cybersecurity, RMF, FedRAMP, or regulatory frameworks.
- Knowledge of MCP servers and how they can be used for re-usable archetypes between teams.
Why This Role Matters
- Real-World Impact — Your work will support defense and health agencies where AI solutions directly contribute to national security and public well-being.
- Growth-Oriented Environment — Learn from technical leaders, expand into LLM and generative AI, and build expertise in cloud-first MLOps.
- Culture of Empowerment — You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, trust, collaboration, and mission success.
Locations:
McLean VA, HQ
Hanscom AFB - Bedford MA
Rome NY
Warner Robbins AFB - Warner Robbins GA
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Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Work From Home
- Free Food & Snacks
- Wellness Resources
Top Skills
What We Do
Credence provides innovative technology, health, international development, engineering, and management solutions to support mission-critical programs for Federal government customers. We are one of the nation’s largest privately held government contractors.
Our ability to perform exceptionally to implement new solutions, efficiencies, and savings across 220 U.S. Government programs is due to our obsession with exceeding customer expectations and our emphasis on employee wellbeing—best exemplified by our corporate philosophy: “One Measure of Success. Yours.”
WHY WORK WITH CREDENCE? We are consistently rated as a Top Workplace and are proud to be one of the fastest growing privately held firms in the U.S. over the last decade.
Credence treats each customer, teaming partner, and employee as a trusted partner whom we serve. We ensure successful outcomes by focusing on the measure of success that we consider to be most important—Yours.
WHY WORK FOR CREDENCE? We are a diverse, enthusiastic team of professionals who are dedicated to providing exceptional service to our customers. Our culture is focused on employee empowerment, recognition, and reward, and each person is encouraged to take initiative and strive to reach their greatest potential.
HOW CREDENCE GIVES BACK: We believe in giving back to the communities in which we live and work through corporate charitable events, support for employee volunteering, and a 100% corporate match for employee charitable giving.
