5h ago
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
United States
$148.8k-$201.3k / year
full-timemid Remotegovernment
๐ Tech Stack
๐ผ About This Role
You'll join a team building the backbone of modern defense software delivery, embedding with strategic customers as a technical partner. You'll architect, build, and deploy agentic Generative AI systems in cloud, on-prem, and edge environments. This role directly contributes to accelerating warfighter capability by delivering software updates in minutes instead of months.
๐ฏ What You'll Do
- Embed with strategic customers as a technical partner from problem discovery to adoption
- Architect, build, deploy, and operate agentic Generative AI systems and APIs
- Work in cloud, on-prem, and edge/air-gapped environments
- Scope, sequence, and lead delivery of solutions with living roadmaps
๐ Requirements
- 3+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience in customer-facing or government environments
- Strong backend engineering skills with production-grade Python or TypeScript
- Familiarity with LLMs or generative AI systems and context engineering
- Ability to work in ambiguity, define scope, and make trade-offs
โจ Nice to Have
- Experience with deploying applications on Kubernetes in air-gapped environments
- Experience with Information Retrieval fundamentals including vector search and reranking
- Experience with open source LLMs like Llama3 or Mixtral
๐ Benefits & Perks
- ๐ฐ Competitive compensation with national benchmarking
- ๐ Remote-first culture with flexible travel
- ๐ Mission-driven work impacting national security
๐จ Hiring Process
Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate
- 1Phone Screenยท 30 min
- 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
- 3Customer Simulationยท 90 min
- 4Offerยท 30 min
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