2 months ago
Base Salary
$145k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Train and fine-tune edge-capable LLMs for tactical defense applications.
- Optimize model performance for GPU, CPU, and specialized accelerator platforms.
- Design and implement multi-agent systems for mission scenarios.
- Interface LLM agents with sensors, effectors, and drone systems.
- Benchmark and evaluate agent capabilities, performance, and reliability.
- Engineer scalable, reliable, and fail-safe systems for high-stakes environments.
- Collaborate with AI, LLM, and systems experts to develop solutions for tactical edge deployments.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional software development experience.
- At least 2 years contributing to system design or architecture, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience building and deploying LLMs and LLM agents with PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, and vLLM.
- Strong proficiency in Rust, Python, or C++.
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science, physics, mathematics, or a related field.
- Active U.S. security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
- Experience developing, training, and fine-tuning AI models and optimizing AI models and runtime performance for edge hardware.
- Experience with LLM agent systems using direct LLM API calls or frameworks such as LangChain.
- Experience deploying and maintaining robust production systems.
- Experience with edge AI optimization tools including Ollama, Mojo, TVM, TensorFlow Lite, and vLLM.
- Defense-sector experience, particularly with weapon and UxV systems, is highly desirable.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, voluntary life, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance options.
- Commuter benefits and relocation assistance.
- Flexible paid time off, two weeks of year-end paid time off subject to business needs, and 10 paid holidays.
- Supportive leave programs, including military and medical leave, paid new-parent leave, subsidized backup care, and fertility and family-building benefits.
- New-child expense stipend and access to a 401(k) plan.
- Work is generally encouraged from company offices; many teams offer hybrid work one or two days per week, with limited exceptional remote roles.
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About Palantir
AI-powered automation for every decision. At Palantir, our software powers AI-driven decisions in critical government and commercial enterprises in the West, from the factory floors to the front lines. Our platforms feature advanced tools for data protection, governance, responsible use of AI, and civilian protection capabilities for defense applications. Dominate your most complex problems with Palantir.