Lead AI Engineer / Architect - Hybrid (US Citizens & Green Cards Only)

About Swingtech

Swingtech delivers innovative Information Technology and Professional Support services to a diverse range of clients across the federal and intelligence communities. With over 15 years of trusted experience as a systems integrator, we apply agile methodologies and deep industry insight to help our customers achieve greater efficiency, compliance, and cost savings. At Swingtech, we’re committed to excellence and long-term success for our clients and our team.

The Lead AI Engineer / Architect will serve as the senior technical authority for an enterprise Artificial Intelligence engineering program. This individual will lead AI solution architecture, engineering direction, hands-on technical delivery, security and compliance alignment, technical quality, and delivery oversight across the full AI system lifecycle.

The Lead AI Engineer will establish and maintain architecture standards, reusable engineering patterns, Responsible AI practices, and security controls for enterprise AI solutions, including Generative AI, Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, agentic AI, Model Context Protocol, AI-enabled automation, data pipelines, and MLOps capabilities.

Required Qualifications

7+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML, software, cloud, data engineering, or enterprise architecture. 2+ years of hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic AI, model evaluation, or production AI systems. Prior federal technology experience involving AI, software engineering, cloud, data, cybersecurity, or application modernization. Experience architecting and delivering secure enterprise or federal AI solutions. Hands-on experience with APIs, data pipelines, vector databases, AI orchestration, MCP, and MLOps. Experience with Federal ATO, NIST RMF, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA Moderate, and FedRAMP environments. Experience with Responsible AI, AI security testing, Zero Trust, and Section 508/WCAG accessib