Senior AI Engineer-Agentic AI
Company: Navy Federal Credit Union
Location: Vienna
Posted on: January 13, 2026
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Job Description:
The AI Engineering function in Enterprise Data and Information
Management (EDIM) is responsible for delivering AI solutions to
drive productivity across Navy Federal Credit Union. The Sr. AI
Engineer collaborates with team members in the AI Center for
Enablement leading the design and implementation of cutting-edge AI
solutions. The role will deliver AI solutions collaborating with
stakeholders in Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) and business
partners including Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise AI Strategy,
and the AI Working Group. Successful candidates will demonstrate
deep expertise in AI engineering, particularly in agent-based
systems, exhibit strong leadership and communication skills, and
possess a proven ability to drive innovation in a cross-functional
environment. The role leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) and
Agentic frameworks to build intelligent agents, and modular
components to address complex business challenges. The engineer
will collaborate with team members working in data science and
advanced analytics to implement AI. The role will provide technical
leadership and mentorship to junior engineers and ensure alignment
with strategic goals. Talent Quest This position is eligible for
the TalentQuest employee referral program. If an employee referred
you for this job, please apply using the system-generated link that
was sent to you. Responsibilities • Collaborate cross-functionally
to align agentic AI capabilities with business goals and drive
enterprise adoption. • Define, publish, and socialize technology
roadmaps for AI capabilities aligned with business outcomes and
enterprise architecture. • Architect and deliver AI capabilities,
foster technological innovation, and improve Member experience. •
Develop agentic workflows using foundational platforms like AI
Foundry, ensuring modular and scalable architecture. • Design and
implement intelligent AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, and
executing tasks across complex workflows. • Lead engineering
efforts to scale agentic AI platforms, enabling agent orchestration
and real-time decisioning. • Build agentic solutions with
orchestration frameworks such as LangChain leveraging A2A (Agent to
Agent), MCP (Model Context Protocol), and Memory Management. •
Integrate agentic systems into web frameworks (Django or similar)
for real-time decision-making and user interaction. • Design and
implement API integrations for agents to access external tools,
services, and data sources. • Deliver prompt engineering strategies
and optimize to drive reliability and accuracy of LLM-based
capabilities. • Ensure compliance and governance through automated
ground truth validation, toxicity filtering, and transparency
measures. • Optimize infrastructure for agentic workloads, focusing
on compute, latency, and throughput. • Operationalize agentic AI
systems by defining deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle
management requirements. • Lead and support enterprise developer
productivity initiatives by leveraging agentic capabilities in AI
coding assistants. • Partner with engineers, data scientists, and
product teams to shape strategic goals and direction of the AI
Center for Enablement. • Partner with business stakeholders to
evaluate commercial AI solutions versus custom-built options and
deliver data-driven Build vs. Buy recommendations. • Collaborate
with technology vendors and professional services firms
specializing in AI capabilities to drive value outcomes.
Qualifications • 8-10 years of relevant experience in AI, Data
Science, ML and related fields. • Hands-on experience with AI
Foundry or similar foundational platforms, particularly in agentic
workflow design and deployment. • Hands-on experience with
orchestration frameworks such as LangChain including multi-agent
workflows, human-in-the-loop design, and unified observability •
Experience designing and operationalizing Agentic AI platforms,
including curating LLMs within a Model Garden, engineering prompts
for autonomous task execution, and implementing governance
frameworks to ensure safe, scalable deployment • Proficiency in
leveraging advanced techniques including Retrieval Augmented
Generation (RAG) to drive model accuracy, minimize hallucinations,
and ground the model in facts, specifically when building AI
Chatbots • Experience with document processing services such as
Azure Document Intelligence to extract text and structure from
documents • Experience with using vector stores and graph databases
in delivering AI solutions • Experience in API integration enabling
agent access to external data sources and web services. •
Experience implementing MCP and A2A capabilities, including
asynchronous communication and collaborative task execution. •
Experience with Python, SQL, and web frameworks (Django) •
Experience in setting up monitoring and observability for AI
solutions • Knowledge of operational governance, including
evaluation pipelines, feedback loops, and performance tracking •
Experience with data platforms (Databricks, etc.) to deliver
knowledge bases • Experience developing Reference Architectures and
Technical Architectures for scalable AI and data platforms •
Commitment to AI safety and prompt engineering optimization. •
Working knowledge of Scaled Agile delivery approaches, Azure
DevOps, and CI/CD • Excellent communication and presentation skills
to explain designs and solutions to business and technical
stakeholders Desired Qualifications • Masters in AI Engineering,
Computer Science, Data Science or related technical field. •
Experience with Identity and Access Management of AI Agents. •
Experience working in an AI Center for Enablement. • Experience
with AIOps, Cost Scaling and model performance tuning. • Experience
with Knowledge Management platforms. • Knowledge of Navy Federal
Credit Union instructions, standards, and procedures. Hours: Monday
- Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM Location: 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA
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