Location: Los Alamos, NM
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**This position is open for external candidates only to apply.** **What You Will Do** **This position will be filled at either the Software Developer 2/3 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.** The Weapons Research Services - Secure Networks and Assurance (WRS-SNA) group is seeking an Applied AI Software Developer to work within the Nuclear Weapons Cyber Assurance Laboratory (NWCAL). This position provides an opportunity to develop and deploy advanced AI-enabled software systems supporting hardware assurance, software assurance, cyber-physical resilience, and operational technology mission areas aligned with the LANL weapons mission. The selected candidate will contribute to the development of scalable AI-enabled applications and operational workflows supporting mission-focused assurance activities. Work within NWCAL spans applied artificial intelligence, large language models, distributed AI workflows, software assurance, operational technology, and cyber-physical systems operating in both laboratory and operational environments. Candidates should be comfortable working in collaborative engineering environments and contributing to modern software development workflows supporting deployable mission capabilities **Software Developer 2 $87,800 - $143,000** At this level, the Applied AI Software Developer will work as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team to develop, implement, and maintain AI-enabled software applications and workflows supporting assurance and operational mission objectives. Responsibilities include development of AI-enabled applications utilizing modern machine learning and large language model technologies, implementation of scalable software systems in local and distributed compute environments, and integration of AI capabilities into operational workflows. The selected candidate will contribute to software dev