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SitrepsProduction engineering

Data Science Lead - Defense Accounts

Arlington, VA · Pittsburgh, PARemote

Forward-deployed data science role building and deploying scalable AI and agentic systems for complex defense acquisition and national security problems.

$140,000–$175,000

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OpenAIProduction engineering

Applied AI Engineer, Startups

San Francisco, CA · New York, NYHybrid

Applied AI Engineer partnering with strategic startups to take novel generative AI applications from ideation through production and scale on OpenAI’s API.

$211,000–$278,000

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PerceptaProduction engineering

Embedded Research Scientist

New York, NYOn-site

Embedded Research Scientists advance frontier AI research directly within customer environments, translating research in LLM post-training, reinforcement learning, agentic modeling, and specialized architectures into production systems.

$180,000–$400,000

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Field Engineer, Data Engine

Colorado Springs, CO · Omaha, NE · +2 more

This forward-deployed AI data engineering role supports government customers by designing onsite solutions, integrating customer systems with Scale’s platform, and deploying software in secured environments.

$140,000–$290,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Ground Software Engineer, Space

Washington, DC

Mission Software Engineer responsible for architecting and deploying Space C2 and mission-management software supporting DoD and Intelligence Community space operations.

$166,000–$220,000

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LangChainProduction engineering

Deployed Architect, Professional Services (NYC)

New York, NYOn-site

Deployed Architect on LangChain's Professional Services team, responsible for designing and deploying secure, highly available AI infrastructure and production-grade agent systems for enterprise customers.

$170,000–$215,000

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ParloaProduction engineering

Lead Agent Architect

New York, NY

Lead the design and deployment of production-grade AI agent solutions for enterprise customer service, spanning conversational architecture, LLM behavior, integrations, and optimization.

$196,000–$223,000

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EudiaProduction engineering

Member of Technical Staff

Palo Alto, CA

This role is a customer-facing AI/ML engineering position responsible for deploying, integrating, and optimizing secure, enterprise-grade solutions for Fortune 500 legal and risk teams.

$180,000–$210,000

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LangChainProduction engineering

Deployed Architect, Professional Services (Remote)

Los Angeles, CARemote

Deployed Architect on LangChain’s Professional Services team, partnering directly with enterprise customers to design, deploy, and optimize secure, production-grade AI infrastructure and agent systems.

$170,000–$215,000

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NebiusProduction engineering

Senior Applied AI Solutions Engineer

USRemote

Senior applied AI solutions engineer combining hands-on enterprise customer delivery with applied ML prototyping across Nebius's AI cloud portfolio.

$200–$350,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space

Costa Mesa, CA

Own the architecture, development, and deployment of Space Command and Control and mission-management software supporting DoD and IC space operations.

$191,000–$253,000

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NebiusProduction engineering

Senior ML Solutions Architect - Token Factory

USRemote

Senior ML Solutions Architect supporting customers using Nebius Token Factory, a serverless platform for production inference and fine-tuning of open-source LLMs across text, vision, and audio modalities.

$210,000–$260,000

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AndurilProduction engineering

Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space

Washington, DC

Senior software engineer owning the architecture, development, and deployment of Space Command and Control and mission-management capabilities for DoD and IC customers.

$191,000–$253,000

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Scale AIProduction engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Public Sector

San Francisco, CA · Saint Louis, MO · +2 moreOn-site

Senior engineer leading end-to-end development of scalable backend and distributed systems for federal customers, including deployment on classified networks.

$162,400–$311,000

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GammaProduction engineering

Senior Solutions Architect

New York, NYOn-site

Senior Solutions Architect responsible for extending Gamma's AI-powered visual communication platform through enterprise integrations, partner-built connectors, and marketplace distribution.

$140,000–$240,000

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TypefaceProduction engineering

Solutions Architect

USRemote

Solutions Architect who translates enterprise customer needs into scalable architectures, prototypes AI-driven applications, and delivers integrations across marketing technology ecosystems.

$160,000–$210,000 · OTE

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NVIDIAProduction engineering

Solutions Architect, AI Models

Santa Clara, CA

NVIDIA seeks a Solutions Architect for the AI Software Segment SA team to drive enterprise adoption of NVIDIA AI models and libraries.

$152,000–$241,500

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Field AIProduction engineering

Senior Autonomy Engineer - Federal

Irvine, CAOn-site

Senior Autonomy Engineer for the Federal team at Field AI, responsible for end-to-end deployment, integration, and field performance of wheeled autonomous robots in demanding customer environments.

Pay range unavailable

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MercorProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Applied AI

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Software Engineer on Mercor’s Applied AI team building and operating production systems between frontier AI research and data delivery.

$160,000–$500,000

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NVIDIAProduction engineering

Deep Learning Solution Architect

Multiple US offices

NVIDIA seeks a Solution Architect to design and optimize production-grade generative AI solutions for enterprise customers, focusing on LLM training, RAG workflows, and agentic inference.

Pay range unavailable

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depthfirstProduction engineering

Security Product Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

This Security Product Engineer role is the technical bridge between depthfirst's AI security agents and enterprise customers.

Pay range unavailable

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LangChainProduction engineering

Deployed Engineer (Charlotte)

Charlotte, NCRemote

Deployed Engineers partner directly with customer engineering teams to co-design, build, deploy, and operate production AI agents, spanning pre-sales technical evaluations through post-deployment advisory work.

$150,000–$250,000 · OTE

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AndurilProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance)

Seattle, WA

Software Engineer on Anduril’s Connected Warfare Mission Command team, owning customer-deployed software for tactical-edge platforms spanning mesh networking, data interfaces, distributed systems, autonomy, and systems integration.

$166,000–$253,000

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ServalProduction engineering

Software Engineer, Deployed

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Customer-facing software engineer on Serval’s Agent Deployment team, shipping production-grade systems, platform services, integrations, and reusable workflow capabilities for complex enterprise customers.

$200,000–$325,000

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DeepgramProduction engineering

Senior Solutions Engineer, Federal

Washington, DCRemote

Senior Solutions Engineer / Applied Engineer responsible for the full technical lifecycle of Deepgram Voice AI deployments for strategic federal accounts, from discovery and proof-of-concept through production and optimization.

$180,000–$245,000

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