Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government

Role Overview

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

Key Responsibilities

• Design 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.
• Turn mission data, models, and tools into operational AI autonomy.
• Own systems across discovery, architecture, implementation, deployment, reliability, security, and iteration.

Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Work Terms

• Full-time, hybrid role based in Washington, D.C.
• Employees are eligible for equity compensation and may receive performance-based bonuses, subject to role and company policies.
• Benefits include up to 100% reimbursement for health insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with company matching, and additional benefits.

Compensation

$200, 000 to $350, 000 per year.

Eligibility

• An active U.S. security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one, is preferred.
• Qualified applicants are considered without regard to protected characteristics under applicable law.

Application Support

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