• Administer and optimize Kong Gateway (routes, services, plugins, certificates, rate limiting, logging). • Build and extend Kong plugins and manage Kong in Kubernetes (Helm/operator patterns, upgrades, config promotion). • Define API standards, review API designs, and manage OpenAPI (OAS) contracts, versioning, and governance. • Implement authentication and security patterns (JWT, claims mapping, key rotation, AD/LDAP integration). • Build and operate Kubernetes resources; manage AWS networking, compute, load balancing, DNS, and secrets. • Implement CI/CD and GitOps workflows, automated validation, and environment promotion. • Deliver observability: API metering, dashboards, logs/metrics/traces, SLO reporting. • Troubleshoot Linux/container issues and support on-call operations with runbooks and documentation.

• Design, build, and maintain backend services across the WalletConnect Pay platform — payment flows, APIs, data pipelines, and internal tooling. • Make sound architectural decisions for the services you own: API design, data modelling, error handling, and system boundaries. • Write technical design documents before major implementation work and participate in architectural reviews. • Ship production-quality code with strong testing, clear documentation, and attention to edge cases. • Own your services end-to-end: implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational support. • Contribute infrastructure using AWS and Terraform. We don’t have a dedicated infra function, so engineers own their infra. • Build observability into everything you ship — logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting that meet the reliability bar of a production payment system. • Respond to and learn from production incidents, driving improvements to system resilience. • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including Product, Design, Ops, Finance, Legal, and BD to turn requirements into clean implementations. • Participate in code review culture with AI-assisted development workflows, including automated agent reviews on PRs. • Contribute to engineering standards, documentation, and team processes that help the Pay team scale.

• Design and implement scalable microservices in a cloud-first environment (AWS). • Translate product requirements into robust technical designs and architectural decisions. • Develop secure, resilient backend services using C# and .NET Core. • Ensure strong automated testing practices aligned with the test pyramid. • Review peers’ code and mentor engineers to elevate engineering standards. • Lead research and technical planning for complex initiatives. • Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems. • Promote best practices balancing performance, scalability, cost, and delivery timelines. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers, UX Designers, and UI Engineers.

Type of Requisition: Pipeline Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2) Job Family: Data Science and Data Engineering Job Qualifications: Skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, Machine Learning (ML)Certifications: NoneExperience: 2 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required: No Job Description: Own your opportunity to turn data into measurable outcomes for our customers’ most complex challenges. As an AI Engineer. Here, you’ll see the bigger picture on mission initiatives and where your program management career can go at GDIT. This is a Pipeline requisition opened in preparation for 3 levels of experienced AI Engineers. Positions to become available in the coming weeks. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT As an AI Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of USPS. You will play a crucial role in optimizing the business functions at USPS. The integration of AI technologies is essential to streamline these processes and provide data-driven insights. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and advancing AI capabilities that support the USPS mission, with a focus on identifying opportunities to integrate AI across business processes and implementing solutions based on those findings. This includes automating requirements and test case preparation using tools such as Visual Studio Code, Python, Copilot AI, and other Postal Service–approved technologies. The candidate must bring strong technical expertise, a collaborative approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure AI solutions are practical, mission‑aligned, and successfully adopted. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED Bring your expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The AI Engineer must have: Education: - Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited College/University is preferred. - Alternative Path: If the candidate does not possess a relevant four-year degree, an additional four years of relevant work experience will be required. Required Experience: - Looking for 3 different levels of experience: - 0-2 years of specialized AI development experience in technology or software development using Visual Studio, Crew AI, Co-Pilot, etc. - 3-7 years of specialized AI development experience in technology or software development using Visual Studio, Crew AI, Co-Pilot, etc. - 8+ years of specialized AI development experience in technology or software development using Visual Studio, Crew AI, Co-Pilot, etc. - Proven experience leading or contributing to AI/Automation projects in a professional capacity. - Hands-on experience in Analytics Support and/or a leadership role is highly desirable. Required Technical Skills: - Demonstrated expertise in developing solutions using Visual Studio Code, Python, and other programming languages to harness generative AI and large language models (LLMs). - Strong knowledge of AI-related technologies, frameworks, and their integration into enterprise systems. - Develop AI tool/program to create technical requirements by leveraging current and past business user stories. - Integrate the existing test automation framework with AI solutions. - Ensure all AI scripts and programs are fully executable on postal laptops. - Train designated team members to execute and maintain AI scripts and programs. Preferred Skills: - Strong analytical thinking skills and ability to develop creative solutions to complex technical challenges. - Effective communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders. - Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative team environment with cross-functional stakeholders. - Track record of delivering successful AI-enhanced projects for enterprise systems. Security Clearance Level: - Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting - This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years. Location: - Remote GDIT IS YOUR PLACE At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do. - Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities - Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals - Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off - Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore a career in data science and engineering at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your determination for solving complex data challenges. #zxc726 #AIEngineer The likely salary range for this position is $111,155 - $150,385. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: Less than 10% Telecommuting Options: Remote Work Location: Any Location / Remote Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most. We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology. Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atgdit.com/tc. Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans