Base Salary
$220k - $350k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimize integrations between frontier AI models and government systems, platforms, and data environments.
- Scope product specifications and build AI-powered software for government and enterprise use cases.
- Benchmark models and develop evaluation frameworks to assess performance, address weaknesses, and meet customer standards.
- Improve model performance through system prompt tuning or fine-tuning and support secure, scalable deployment.
- Analyze request logs, prompt data, and system outputs for reliability and auditability.
- Build internal tooling to streamline workflows and automate repetitive tasks in secure environments.
- Partner with agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype solutions, and iterate using real-world feedback.
- Ship production-grade code and features for mission-critical AI systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, data science, or a related listed field.
- At least five years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications.
- Active Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance.
- Must meet applicable ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
- Government, DoD, or federal contractor experience with AI, software, or data projects is preferred.
- Six or more years of software engineering experience and experience in high-reliability or security-focused environments are preferred.
- Experience building AI or machine learning products with APIs, backend systems, and frontend interfaces is preferred.
- Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, strong understanding of HTTP and secure API design, and experience with AI evaluation, model training, fine-tuning, and production deployment are preferred.
- Experience writing developer documentation or maintaining SDKs, handling massive datasets, optimizing performance, and scaling high-throughput systems is preferred.
- Familiarity with Pulumi or Terraform is preferred.
- Strong English verbal and written communication skills and experience documenting technical solutions are preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
- Paid parental leave, approximately three weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays, paid sick leave, and other discounts and perks.
- May be eligible for company stock, stock options, long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- May require extended hours and weekend work; approximately 20% travel to government sites may be required.
Tech Stack
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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.