Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government

Build and deploy agentic AI systems that support high-impact U.S. Government missions, taking solutions from early prototypes through reliable production deployment. This partner-facing role combines applied AI research, infrastructure engineering, and forward-deployed delivery in high-assurance, mission-critical environments.

• Design, build, and deploy agentic AI systems for U.S. Government missions.
• Develop and integrate LLM applications, including multi-agent systems, tool-using agents, retrieval-augmented generation workflows, and human-in-the-loop autonomy.
• Work directly with government partners to translate mission needs into technical systems.
• Build and maintain large-scale data curation and evaluation pipelines for model training and improvement.
• Develop infrastructure for model inference, experimentation, evaluation, and deployment across frontier AI platforms.
• Create AI systems that combine mission data, models, and tools to enable operational autonomy.
• Own the full system lifecycle, including discovery, architecture, implementation, deployment, reliability, security, and iteration.

• Strong Python engineering skills and experience owning systems end to end.
• Experience with LLMs, agentic systems, data pipelines, ML infrastructure, and distributed systems.
• Ability to work independently in ambiguous, partner-facing settings with technical and operational ownership.
• Familiarity with reinforcement learning workflows or simulation environments.
• Comfort operating in high-security, high-reliability environments.

• Experience supporting U.S. Government, defense, intelligence, or national security missions.
• Experience at a startup, defense organization, Department of War, or government-focused technology company.
• Experience in fast-moving startup environments, mission-critical government settings, or both.

• Full-time, hybrid position based in Washington, D.C.

• Stated annual compensation range: $300, 000 to $500, 000.
• National base-salary range: $150, 000 to $250, 000 annually.
• Eligible for equity compensation and potentially performance-based bonuses, subject to role and applicable policies.
• Benefits include up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, and a 401(k) plan with company match.

• Active U.S. security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one, is preferred.

Reasonable-accommodation assistance during the application process is available at support@the company.ai.

Equal opportunity is provided to qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.