Senior Platform Engineer, AI
Core
Building the infrastructure, tooling, and integrations that embed AI directly into the workflows of engineering, product, and business teams to accelerate production work.
Role type
Senior AI Platform Engineer (Infrastructure & Tooling)
Builds
AI platform infrastructure, API integrations, model access pipelines, system connectors, and custom AI-powered applications for internal systems.
Domain
Defense technology / Space security / AI Operations
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Python, TypeScript, API integrations, webhooks, data pipelines, authentication flows, LLM APIs, prompt engineering, RAG, agent frameworks, MCP, on-premises compute environments, technical evaluation of AI providers, training program delivery, security compliance.
Preferred skills
Government/defense AI deployment, cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), government cloud (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government), authorization frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, IL4/IL5), developer tooling, knowledge retrieval systems, enterprise search infrastructure, technical roadmap contribution.
Technologies
Python, TypeScript, Java, CrewAI, Pydantic AI, AWS, Azure, GCP, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, MCP, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53
Responsibilities
Build and maintain AI platform infrastructure including API integrations and on-premises compute; Develop custom AI-powered applications connecting frontier models to internal systems; Contribute to technical evaluation and selection of AI providers and tools; Design and deliver AI training and enablement programs; Partner with security and IT teams to ensure compliance with government security requirements; Surface new AI models and tools to accelerate the company.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with autonomy and executive visibility