Forward Deployed Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Stott And May — United States · Posted ~2 hours ago

Senior No Visa

Skills

machine learning engineering LLM systems RAG embeddings vector search Python JavaScript backend engineering API development ML deployment data pipelines LLMs vector databases APIs

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A forward-deployed senior machine learning engineering role focused on building and shipping production LLM systems in secure environments. You will design RAG and vector-search solutions, develop backend APIs, work across data pipelines and inference, and own systems end-to-end, including deployment to restricted or air-gapped environments.

Highlights

High-impact production ML role focused on shipping LLM systems in secure, mission-critical environments. The position offers end-to-end ownership across AI applications, backend services, data pipelines, inference, and deployment.

Description

Job Description Forward deployed Machine Learning Engineer Active U.S. Secret clearance required to be considered for this role Working on a high-impact opportunity with a venture-backed team building AI systems used in real-world national security environments. This is not a research role. You’ll be building and shipping production LLM systems that operate in secure, mission-critical settings. What You’ll Be Doing Designing and deploying LLM systems (RAG, embeddings, vector search)Building APIs and backend services for AI-powered applicationsWorking across the full stack from data pipelines to inferenceShipping systems into secure, sometimes air-gapped environments What They’re Looking For Strong backend engineering skills (Python and/or JavaScript)Experience deploying ML systems into productionHands-on with LLMs, vector databases, or agentic workflowsComfortable owning systems end-to-end in a fast-moving environment Requirements Active U.S. Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred)U.S. Citizenship requiredNo Sponsorship provided Location: DC / WMA OR Remote Excellent Salary+ meaningful equity