Hybrid

Forward-Deployed AI Engineering

• Build and deploy applied AI systems supporting high-impact U.S. Government missions
• Work directly with government partners in forward-deployed environments
• Translate mission requirements and operational constraints into practical technical systems
• Take projects from prototype and experimentation through production deployment
• Maintain strong technical and operational ownership in ambiguous partner-facing environments

LLM & Agentic Systems

• Design and integrate production-grade LLM applications
• Build multi-agent systems and tool-using AI agents
• Develop retrieval-augmented generation workflows
• Implement human-in-the-loop autonomy where appropriate
• Turn mission data, models, and tools into reliable operational AI capabilities

Data & ML Infrastructure

• Build and maintain large-scale data curation pipelines
• Develop evaluation infrastructure supporting model training and improvement
• Create systems for model inference, experimentation, evaluation, and deployment
• Support scalable data and ML workflows across frontier AI platforms
• Maintain reliable infrastructure throughout changing mission and model requirements

Systems Engineering & Deployment

• Own systems across discovery, architecture, implementation, deployment, and iteration
• Design for reliability, security, and operational resilience
• Work effectively across distributed and mission-critical technical environments
• Diagnose system failures and improve performance across the production lifecycle
• Apply strong engineering judgement to infrastructure and deployment trade-offs

Mission-Critical Technical Ownership

• Operate independently in high-security and high-reliability environments
• Collaborate with technical, operational, and government stakeholders
• Maintain ownership of systems beyond initial implementation
• Adapt rapidly as mission requirements, partner needs, and technical constraints evolve
• Balance development speed with security, reliability, and operational effectiveness

Python Programming/Scripting Language, Software Engineering, Systems Administration/Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Management, Distributed Computing, Government, Prototyping, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Data Modeling Tools, We are sharing a full-time opportunity for an experienced technical engineer with strong expertise in Python, LLM systems, agentic AI, data pipelines, distributed systems, and production infrastructure to build and deploy mission-critical AI systems supporting U.S. Government environments., * Strong Python engineering skills with demonstrated end-to-end technical ownership

• Experience building production applications using LLMs
• Hands-on experience creating agentic or multi-agent AI systems
• Experience building or maintaining data pipelines or machine-learning infrastructure
• Familiarity with distributed systems and production deployment
• Exposure to reinforcement-learning workflows or simulation environments is valuable
• Comfortable operating in high-security, high-reliability, or mission-critical environments
• Strong ability to work independently in ambiguous, partner-facing situations
• Active U.S. security clearance is highly advantageous
• Candidates eligible and willing to obtain a U.S. security clearance may also be considered
• Experience supporting U.S. Government, defence, intelligence, or national-security missions is preferred
• Experience at a startup, defence organisation, government-focused technology company, or comparable fast-moving environment is beneficial

• Full-time engagement
• Hybrid - Washington, D.C.
• Compensation: $40-$60/hour
• Role involves forward-deployed work with U.S. Government partners
• Work will span applied AI, LLM systems, agentic workflows, data pipelines, infrastructure, and production deployment
• Security, reliability, and operational ownership are central to the role
• Active security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one is preferred
• Role responsibilities may span both research-oriented experimentation and production systems
• Technical priorities may evolve based on mission requirements and partner needs

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.