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AI Engineer

Harnham
40 minutes ago
Full-time
On-site
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
AI Engineer, U.S. Government | Washington, DC | $200k-$300k total comp Top Secret Clearance is a must

Build AI that is deployed directly into the Pentagon, at startup pace, with one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the US.

The Company A fast-growing AI company, supplying the training data and pipelines the leading frontier AI labs use to post-train their models Entered the US Government with three contracts live and government central to its long-term strategy Holds a facility clearance and works on senior-level, high-visibility national security programmes

The Role Join a forward-deployed AI engineering team embedded with the Chief Digital and AI Office on a rapid prototyping programme Work directly with Pentagon departments to understand their problems and translate them into AI solutions Build and deploy AI agents and applications in sprints of a couple of months, from prototype to production Own systems end to end, from discovery and architecture through deployment, security and iteration Join a team of three scaling to ten or more, reporting to the Director of Research

What We’re Looking For Hands-on experience building AI agents, deep learning models and fine-tuned LLMs, deployed into production Strong Python engineering, with a track record of shipping systems that people use Customer-facing engineering or forward deployed experience Defence tech, Intelligence Community, military or US Government background Experience delivering applications into DoW, IC or government environments Active TS/SCI clearance preferred; Secret considered Based in, or willing to relocate to, the DC area, and able to work from the Pentagon three to four days a week

How to Apply Apply with an up-to-date CV, or contact Tom Brammer at tombrammer@harnham.com for a confidential conversation.