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Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government

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Remote$300k - $500kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Role focused on applied AI systems for high-assurance, mission-critical environments with forward-deployed work alongside government partners.

Responsibilities

  • Build and deploy agentic AI systems that support high-impact U.S. Government missions from prototype to production.
  • Design and integrate LLM applications, including multi-agent systems, tool-using agents, RAG workflows, and human-in-the-loop autonomy.
  • Work directly with government partners in forward-deployed environments 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.
  • Build AI systems that turn mission data, models, and tools into real operational autonomy.
  • Own systems across the full lifecycle, including discovery, architecture, implementation, deployment, reliability, security, and iteration.

Qualifications

  • Strong Python engineer with end-to-end ownership experience.
  • Experience with LLMs and creating agentic systems.
  • Built or maintained data pipelines / ML infrastructure.
  • Familiar with RL workflows or simulation environments.
  • Able to operate independently in ambiguous, partner-facing settings with technical and operational ownership.
  • Comfortable in high-security / high-reliability environments.

Skills

Required:PythonLLM SystemsData Pipelines

Benefits

  • equity compensation
  • performance-based bonuses (dependent on role)
  • health-insurance premiums reimbursement up to 100%
  • paid time off
  • 401(K) plan with company match
  • remote-first workforce and additional benefits for high-performing employees.
Last updated Oct 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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