Top Secret Gen AI Developer
Insight Global · Ashburn, VA
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Jul 13, 2026
Ashburn, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack developer role focused on building and prototyping generative AI applications for a federal government client. Day-to-day work involves designing and delivering software across the stack — integrating LLMs, cloud platforms, and APIs — within agile, short-timeline prototyping teams. Suits an experienced developer comfortable working autonomously on technically complex problems at the intersection of software engineering and AI/ML.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 16,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 9,600–24,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The posting is for a federal customer (Insight Global staffing), but no specific security clearance is explicitly required as a hard gate — clearance is not mentioned.
The BA/BS degree requirement explicitly accepts equivalent experience in lieu of a degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The job location is not specified; the posting mentions experience working in a geographically dispersed, remote team, suggesting remote work is supported.
React/Angular are listed together as interchangeable front-end framework options in the requirements section; React is used as the primary with Angular as an alternative.
AWS and Google (GCP) are both named as required cloud platforms; AWS is listed as primary with GCP as an alternative since the JD treats them as a combined requirement rather than a strict either/or.
CI/CD (GitLab), Google Vertex AI, and AWS Bedrock appear in a list that reads as preferred/nice-to-have experience rather than hard gates — they are listed alongside optional certifications and 'experience with' framing separate from the core requirements block.
Technical certifications (AWS Certified Developer, AWS AI Certified Practitioner) are listed as preferred/nice-to-have and are not emitted as skills since they are credentials rather than concrete technologies.
Prompt engineering is listed under the GenAI familiarity block, which uses softer language ('familiarity', 'exposure to', 'basic practical experience') — treated as preferred.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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