Summary

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) provides operations support services and business solutions to the community of 10,000 House Members, Officers and staff.

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U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

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Open to the public

Duties

Job Summary:

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) provides operations support services and business solutions to the community of 10,000 House Members, Officers and staff. The CAO organization comprises more than 800 technical and administrative staff working in a variety of areas, including information technology, finance, budget management, human resources, payroll, child care, food and vending, procurement, logistics and administrative counsel.

This position is located within the House Artificial Intelligence Center, House Information Resources, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives. As an AI Software Engineer you will help drive responsible AI adoption across Congress. You’ll build innovative software, prototype new ideas, and collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to tackle unique technical challenges inside the House of Representatives. One day you may be coding or improving DevOps workflows; the next, you’re shaping architecture or meeting with staff to understand their real-world needs. If you enjoy modern development, AI-powered tools, cross‑functional teamwork, and solving meaningful problems that impact the entire House community, this role offers an exciting chance to make a real difference.

The position does not have day-today supervisory/managerial responsibilities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Advising other IT teams on how to implement and utilize AI tools, advising the Architecture Review Board, participating in the buildout of AI infrastructure, and advising on internal AI Policy.

• Contributing as a full‑stack developer, writing clean and maintainable code, and applying human‑centered design and agile practices.

• The role involves discovery, prototyping, and development work on identified software projects, many of which involve the use of AI.

• The role involves shaping project planning through research and analytics, improving DevOps workflows, and ensuring secure, scalable APIs and services.

• Engineers document work, enhance performance and accessibility, troubleshoot distributed systems, and manage CI/CD pipelines, containers, and cloud‑based AI tools.

• They collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams, communicate progress and blockers, and maintain high standards of security, quality, and engineering best practices.

• Performs other official duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• USAJobs Conditions of Employment

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience.

• Broad and deep expertise in AI development, AI infrastructure, and AI policy, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of secure authentication patterns such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and MSAL.

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability (KSA) and Competency Requirements:

• Experience using LLMs, RAG, MCP servers, and other AI development resources, including cloud tools such as AWS Bedrock and Azure OpenAI.

• Strong experience working with Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), including schema design, performance tuning, and query optimization.

• Strong full‑stack development skills and proficiency with modern programming languages, web development, relational databases, DevOps, and Unix‑like systems.

• Expertise with building Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) pipelines and enterprise ETL tools such as Pentaho, AWS Glue, Hadoop, and Apache Airflow.

• Ability to develop APIs (web services) using web messaging or service protocols and integrate many services into a single cohesive application.

• Hands-on experience with containerized applications using Docker.

• Experience deploying and operating applications in Kubernetes environments.

• Proficiency using git (particularly GitLab) for source control and issue tracking in collaborative workflows.

• Experience working within CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code cloud service enablement.

• Ability to design and implement secure, scalable RESTful APIs.

• Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and production environments.

• Familiarity with secure authentication patterns, including OAuth2 and OpenID Connect. In particular, implementing the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) in conjunction with Entra/Azure App Registrations.

• Employees within this position are expected to demonstrate the following HIR Technical Competencies: Analytics; Application Administration and Integration; Hardware Installation and Management; Information Management; Information Resources Strategy and Planning; Information Systems/Network Security; Knowledge of Emerging Trends and Industry Best Practices; Network Management; Project Management; Quality Assurance and Testing; and Web Development and Management.

Continued employment is contingent upon satisfactorily completing a criminal history records check (or other applicable security clearance) and a pre-employment drug-test (pre-identified position only).

Additional information

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated using a structured interview process.

Required Documents

Resume

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

Qualified candidates please submit your resume online by following the instructions in this link.

Agency contact information

CAO Human Resources

Phone

202-225-2926

Address

CAO

441 2nd St

Washington, DC 20515

Next steps

Qualified Candidates will be contacted directly.

Overview

Accepting applications

Location

1 vacancy in the following location:

Washington, DC

1 vacancy

No matching locations found.

Work site options

Telework eligible

No

Relocation expenses reimbursed

NoRelocation Description

Salary

$157,291 - $172,425 per year

Pay scale & grade

HS 12 - 13

Promotion potential

13

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Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule

Full-time

Travel Required

Not required - Not required.

Appointment type

Permanent

Occupations and job series

• 1550 Computer Science

Supervisory status

No

Federal service type

This job is in the Excepted Service

Drug test

No

Security clearance

Not Required

Announcement number

req5592

Control number

883699600