Pytho AI

Pytho AI

AI Engineer

San Francisco

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 128 days ago
CI/CDMachine LearningTensorFlowPyTorchData EngineeringLLMsA/B TestingCybersecuritySystems EngineeringResearchCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • You will work across the full ML lifecycle - transforming messy, real-world data into production-grade models deployed in high-stakes environments.
  • You'll ship fast, work directly with the founders, and have outsized influence on the technical direction of the company.

Responsibilities

  • AI/ML Development: Design, train, fine-tune, and deploy ML models to solve real-world operational problems. Own the lifecycle from data exploration and feature engineering to evaluation and production monitoring.
  • Data & Systems Engineering: Build scalable data pipelines for structured and unstructured data (text, imagery, geospatial, sensor data). Develop reliable training and inference systems optimized for performance and edge deployment.
  • AI/ML Development: Design, train, fine-tune, and deploy ML models to solve real-world operational problems.
  • Own the lifecycle from data exploration and feature engineering to evaluation and production monitoring.
  • Data & Systems Engineering: Build scalable data pipelines for structured and unstructured data (text, imagery, geospatial, sensor data).
  • Develop reliable training and inference systems optimized for performance and edge deployment.
  • We build AI for the most important problem in defense - making sure the force is ready to fight.
  • Opportunity to help build a category-defining defense tech company

Requirements

  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration tools
  • Required
  • Solid understanding of machine learning principles (model evaluation, optimization, bias/variance tradeoffs)
  • Willingness to travel up to 15% to engage with DoW partners
  • Preferred
  • Master's degree (M.Sc.) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree (B.Sc.) in Computer Science
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals
  • Hands-on experience with ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face)
  • Experience working with real-world datasets - cleaning, feature engineering, experimentation, and performance analysis
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
  • Experience with edge-deployable or offline ML systems
  • Experience optimizing models for latency and compute constraints

Compensation

  • Competitive salary and equity

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Full health benefits

Company info

  • At Pytho, we're on a mission to ensure warfighters are prepared for every challenge they face.
  • We are committed to assembling a world-class team of exceptional problem solvers, combining expert engineering talent with deep experience in National Security.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • security clearance

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