Applied AI Engineer

TL;DR

Applied AI Engineer (Python/FastAPI): Transform research breakthroughs into production AI systems, building scalable applications spanning agentic automation, custom inference services, and next-generation AI products for enterprise customers. Focus on optimizing latency, throughput, and cost across the model serving stack, implementing evaluation harnesses, observability, guardrails, and productionizing novel techniques.

Location: Remote (US)

Company

AI-native engineering firm specializing in enterprise services, domain-specific solutions, and high-performance infrastructure from strategy through deployment for commercial enterprises and government agencies. Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

What you will do

• Build and operate production AI services including agent runtimes, RAG pipelines, and custom inference endpoints
• Optimize latency, throughput, and cost across the model serving stack
• Implement evaluation harnesses, observability, and guardrails for AI systems
• Collaborate with research scientists to productionize novel techniques
• Contribute to internal frameworks and reusable agent components

Requirements

• 3+ years building production AI/ML applications
• Strong Python and modern web/API stack experience
• Hands-on experience with at least one model serving framework (vLLM, TGI, TensorRT-LLM, Triton Inference Server)
• Familiarity with agent frameworks (LangGraph, LlamaIndex, AutoGen) or custom orchestration
• Cloud-native deployment (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure)

Nice to have

• MS or PhD in CS or related; or proven track record of shipping AI systems at scale
• Open-source contributions to inference or agent frameworks
• Experience with quantization, distillation, or other inference optimization techniques

Culture & Benefits

• Professional development and skill-building opportunities
• Supportive management with Veteran-owned company values
• Work on impactful client engagements with long-term contract potential
• AI productivity tools and training provided
• Comprehensive benefits: 401(k) with match, medical/dental/vision insurance, short/long-term disability, PTO, profit sharing