Senior Software Engineer, Edge AI Systems
True Talent Solutions Partners
- Location
- Hybrid (Palo Alto, California)
- Compensation
- $145k - $275k/yr
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
About the role
Join a newly formed team building and deploying specialized AI models and multi-agent systems for tactical edge hardware in defense applications. You will optimize model performance across various platforms and integrate AI agents with sensors, effectors, and drone systems.
Skills
Perks
- Hybrid Work
Full job details
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.