Avathon
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Pleasanton, California, United States · Exec
No sponsorship$130k-$180kDetected 7 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonJavaC++Machine LearningNLPComputer VisionCybersecuritySupply ChainLogisticsPerformance ManagementCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingCritical Thinking
About the role
- As the only physical AI unicorn headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, we go beyond models and dashboards we deploy AI that continuously computes across supply chains, energy systems, and industrial operations.
- Our Operational Technology platform turns fragmented data into real-time, autonomous decisioning across the systems that power the global economy.
- This is AI for operational reality where latency, constraints, and failure have real-world consequences.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of high-stakes deployments in operational environments
- Design and implement Avathon's Computational Knowledge Graph (CKG) that unify data, constraints, and decisioning, performing continuous computation across physical networks
- Work side-by-side with operators, planners, and key stakeholders to define problems and deliver solutions
- Drive product evolution by feeding field learnings into Avathon's core platform
- Experience building AI/ML applications in production
- Cutting-Edge AI Innovation -- Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future.
- Meaningful Impact -- Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.
Requirements
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.
- Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
Nice to have
- Replace static planning workflows with real-time, autonomous execution applications
- Push systems into production that directly control and influence real-world operations
- Exceptional inferencing skills on applying necessary models in the field
- Demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar
- Ability to reason complex, interconnected systems (supply chains, networks, infrastructure)
- Ability to move from problem to architecture to deployment without handoffs
- Preferred Skills
- Master's (preferred) or bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering
Compensation
- $130,000 - $180,000 USD (based on experience)
Benefits
- With capabilities spanning digital twins, normal behavior modeling, natural language processing, and computer vision, Avathon delivers real-time predictive intelligence and agentic decision-making at industrial scale.
- Strong foundation in machine learning, optimization, and system design
- Equity in the form of stock options
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous PTO and company holidays
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
Company info
- You will work directly with customers to take the hardest operational problems multi-echelon supply chains, constrained production systems, global logistics networks and turn them into continuously computing, AI-led systems.
- Who We Are & Why Join Us
Equal opportunity
- Reporting out of Avathon's HQ in Pleasanton (San Francisco Bay Area), California.
- Avathon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- Avathon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.
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