Forward Deployed Engineer for U.S. Government AI Systems

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing and deploying advanced AI systems that support critical U.S. Government missions. This position involves working in high-assurance environments, collaborating with strategic partners to ensure mission success through innovative technical solutions.

• Build and deploy agentic AI systems from prototype to production that support high-impact U.S. Government missions.
• Design and integrate LLM applications, including multi-agent systems, tool-using agents, RAG workflows, and human-in-the-loop autonomy.
• Collaborate directly with government partners in forward-deployed environments to translate mission needs into effective technical systems.
• Develop and maintain large-scale data curation and evaluation pipelines for model training and improvement.
• Create infrastructure for model inference, experimentation, evaluation, and deployment across frontier AI platforms.
• Ensure operational autonomy by building AI systems that leverage mission data, models, and tools.
• Manage systems throughout their lifecycle, including discovery, architecture, implementation, deployment, reliability, security, and iteration.

• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, partner-facing settings with technical and operational ownership.
• Strong proficiency in Python with end-to-end ownership experience.
• Experience with LLMs and the development of agentic systems.
• Proven experience in building or maintaining data pipelines and ML infrastructure.
• Familiarity with reinforcement learning workflows or simulation environments.
• Comfortable working in high-security and high-reliability environments.

• Active U.S. security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.
• Experience supporting U.S. Government, defense, intelligence, or national security missions.
• Prior experience at a startup, defense organization, Department of War, or government-focused technology company.
• Background in fast-moving startup environments, mission-critical government settings, or both.

Full-time position with a hybrid work model based in Washington, D.C.

The compensation for this role ranges from $350, 000 to $500, 000 annually, with eligibility for equity compensation and performance-based bonuses.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances.