Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer
webAISovereign AI company
Austin, United StatesSenior
Oxcart Ventures
Atreides Management
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Build and optimize production AI systems for secure, distributed environments.
- •We are seeking a Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer to support our Public Sector initiatives focused on building and optimizing production ready AI systems for secure and distributed environments.
- •This role sits at the intersection of machine learning, systems engineering, and deployment optimization, bridging research and real world implementation.
- •Key Responsibilities Collaborate closely with customers to scope, deploy, and maintain AI solutions in production environments.
- •Design, develop, and deploy agentic workflows to orchestrate multi-step reasoning, tool use, and decision-making across production systems.
- •Debug and optimize data pipelines and AI systems running on customer networks.
- •Translate complex, often ambiguous customer requirements into well-scoped technical solutions.
- •Work across the stack—from model inference on consumer hardware to infrastructure automation.
- •Requirements 5+ years of combined experience in software engineering and machine learning.
- •Active US Security clearance Proven track record of deploying and maintaining machine learning/AI systems in production.
- •Strong expertise in ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, JAX, etc.
- •Experience debugging complex systems involving data pipelines, model inference, and hardware interaction.
Required skills
PythonPyTorchTensorFlowONNXJAX
Domain expertise
defensegovernment
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary, Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits package, 401(k) match, Equity options, $200/month Health & Wellness stipend, Continuing Education support, $500/year Function Health subscription, Free parking for in-office employees, Flexible Time Off (FTO), Parental leave for eligible employees, Supplemental life insurance
Tech stack
PythonPyTorchTensorFlowONNXJAXGitLinuxDockerKubernetesAWSGoogle CloudAzureCI/CDNode.jsDjangoFlaskFastAPISpringExpressRuby on Rails.NETASP.NETNestJSLaravelSymfonyGinEchoActixPhoenixMicroservices