Full Stack Software Engineer

Full Stack Software Engineer BigBear.ai United States, Maryland, Columbia 6811 Benjamin Franklin Drive (Show on map) May 28, 2026 Overview BigBear.ai is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to help build the next generation ofAI infrastructure that will drive innovation across the customer organization. In this role, you will support theAI infrastructure team by building and maintaining the platform that serves as the foundation for the customer's AI capabilities. You will focus oninference services while supporting the broader ecosystem of AI-enabled applications. This position is ideal for experienced engineers who can independently design, implement, and operate scalable AI infrastructure components. If you are passionate about cutting-edge AI technologies and building robust systems, this is the opportunity for you. What you will do

Infrastructure Design:

Design, implement, and optimize infrastructure forAI model inferenceat scale

AI Services Development:

Support the development and maintenance of production AI services and applications, includingretrieval augmented generation (RAG), autonomous agents, and emerging technologies

Problem Solving:

Navigate ambiguity and define solutions for underspecified systems and requirements

Technology Adoption:

Drive adoption of new technologies and practices across engineering teams

Monitoring & Observability:

Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions for AI services

Automation:

Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration usingInfrastructure as Code (IaC)principles

Reliability:

Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of AI platform components

Security:

Contribute to security best practices for AI systems and data

Mentorship:

Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to junior engineers What you need to have

Clearance:

Must possess and maintain an activeTS/SCI w/Polygraph

Education & Experience:

8 years of experiencewith aB.S.in a technical discipline or4 additional years of experiencein place of a degree

Technical Expertise:

proficiency in Java and Python. Proven experience building and maintainingproduction systems at scale Experience withhigh-volume web application architectureand performance optimization Strong background insystems integrationacross diverse technologies and platforms Hands-on experience withcloud engineering in AWS Proficiency withKubernetes administrationand deployment patterns StrongPython programming skills Experience implementingobservability solutions(APM, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus) Familiarity withCI/CD pipelinesandDevOps practices Strong change management and organizational influence skills Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments and create structure where needed Excellent communication and collaboration skills What we'd like you to have

AI Inference Expertise:

Experience with AI inference serving technologies (e.g.,vLLM,LiteLLM)

Agentic Frameworks:

Previous experience with agentic frameworks (e.g.,LangChain)

Vector Databases:

Knowledge ofvector databasesand embedding systems

Distributed Systems:

Experience withhigh-performance computingordistributed systems About BigBear.ai BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai's predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit https://bigbear.ai/ and follow BigBear.ai on

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@BigBearai. BigBear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.