DEFCON AI
DEFCON AI builds AI-driven simulation and decision-support software for logistics, mobility, and supply chain operations. Its platform uses mathematical optimization, machine learning, and data science to help organizations plan, assess risk, and keep missions and shipments moving during disruptions; current work includes delivering capabilities for the U.S. federal government. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company is privately held and raised a seed round in 2024.
Open Positions at DEFCON AI
3 open positions
Build production-grade entity resolution and record-matching capabilities that connect fragmented data into trustworthy, explainable insights. You’ll own matching logic, provenance, and the full implementation lifecycle for critical government mission applications.
Build production-grade retrieval and grounded-generation systems that connect language-model outputs to traceable source records in a secure government cloud environment. This fully remote role owns embeddings, vector retrieval, model serving, rollback, prompt design, and quality telemetry.
Build trustworthy information-extraction systems that convert long, messy documents into structured facts with citations back to their exact source passages. You’ll apply established extraction methods at scale in a secure government cloud environment while handling ambiguity with careful human-reviewable judgment.