About the role

What will you do at True Talent Solutions Partners?

About the Role

Join a newly formed team building and deploying AI systems for use on tactical edge hardware. You will develop specialized models and agents that interface with sensors, effectors, and drone systems, supporting demanding defense applications where reliable operation in constrained environments matters.

What You'll Do

Train and fine-tune language models for deployment on edge devices.
Optimize model performance across GPU, CPU, and specialized accelerator platforms.
Design and implement multi-agent systems for different mission scenarios.
Connect AI agents with sensors, effectors, and drone systems.
Benchmark agent capabilities, performance, and reliability.
Build scalable, secure, reliable, and fail-safe systems for high-stakes environments.

What We're Looking For

4 to 10 years of software engineering experience after graduation, including at least 2 years contributing to system design or architecture.
Hands-on experience building and optimizing production LLM or AI-agent systems, including model fine-tuning, agent optimization, or inference optimization.
Experience delivering technically demanding software with high standards for reliability, security, performance, and testing.
Proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust, and experience with tools such as PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, or vLLM.
Experience optimizing AI models for edge hardware. Familiarity with Ollama, Mojo, TVM, or TensorFlow Lite is useful.
A bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a quantitative field, and experience in defense, aerospace, robotics, big tech, or applied research.
Strong cross-functional or customer-facing skills. Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible for a U.S. security clearance.
Based in Seattle or willing to relocate, with availability to travel up to 25%.

Compensation

& Benefits

Base salary: $145,000 to $275,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid, Palo Alto, California, United States.

Which skills does this role require?

PythonC++RustPyTorchHugging Face TransformersLangChainvLLMLLMAI-agent systemsModel fine-tuningInference optimizationEdge hardwareOllamaMojoTVMTensorFlow LiteEdge AISoftware EngineeringAI AgentsHugging FaceDefenseAerospaceRoboticsSystem DesignModel Fine-tuningInference OptimizationGPUCPUSecurity ClearanceDrone SystemsTactical EdgeApplied ResearchTensorFlowLLMs

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