Senior Applied AI Engineer

Who Are We? Groundswell is a premier technology integrator and solution provider, resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name, Groundswell, represents our commitment to be an unstoppable, seismic change in government.

Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results. Are you ready to be audacious, be bold and drive change at a rapid pace? Join us, where we’ll make a greater impact together.

What You'll do: We are looking for an engineer who can turn ambiguous business problems into working AI solutions, and who recognizes when AI is not the answer. This is a client-facing, hands-on role. You will work with stakeholders to understand a workflow, determine whether an AI capability will meaningfully improve it, design the approach, build it, demonstrate that it works, and remain accountable for it in production.

You will work across the full lifecycle rather than handing off between discovery, build, and operations. The work spans client delivery, internal product development, rapid proofs of concept, and internal enablement. You should be comfortable moving between them, and comfortable being the most AI-literate person in a room that includes engineers, executives, and end users.

sits at the intersection of three skill sets: understanding what modern AI can and cannot do, the engineering rigor to ship it into production, and the communication skill to run a requirements conversation with someone