What are the responsibilities and job description for the Founding AI Engineer position at Pytho AI?
Company Overview
Pytho is laser-focused on Force Readiness. We build AI-Native products to ensure service members and intelligence professionals are prepared for every mission they face. We’re committed to assembling a world-class team of exceptional problem solvers, combining expert engineering talent with deep experience in National Security. This is in incredible opportunity to join a mission-focused startup with paying government customers.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a mission-driven technical leader to join Pytho as the Founding AI Engineer! This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic and hands-on environment, loves solving complex problems, and is excited to advance the state-of-the-art in defense technology.
Key Responsibilities
- AI/ML Development: Design, develop, and deploy AI models to solve high-impact problems.
- Research & Experimentation: Build at the frontier of AI innovation by experimenting with emerging tools, techniques, and frameworks.
- Engineering Excellence: Build robust, scalable, and efficient systems that integrate AI models into complex production environments.
- Full-Stack Implementation: Own the end-to-end AI pipeline, from data preprocessing and model training to deployment and monitoring.
- Technical Leadership: Set the standards for engineering best practices and lead by example to foster innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence across the team.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Embed with government partners, leveraging strong communication and collaboration skills to align efforts and drive mission success.
What We Require
- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Security Clearance.
- Willingness to travel up to 30% and work on-site with government partners to build relationships and deeply understand their needs.
- A strong technical foundation with expertise in real-time AI/ML applications, data science, and software engineering.
- Hands-on experience with AI frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face) and programming languages (e.g., Python, C , Java).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and tools (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and deployment pipelines.
- Extreme comfort working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with evolving objectives and direct iteration with users.
- [Nice to Have] Experience deploying AI/ML models in resource-constrained and/or high-stakes environments.
- [Nice to Have] Prior experience in defense or national security.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity to share in our success
- The chance to be a part of a founding team and directly shape the future of our company
- The opportunity to experiment with and implement the latest AI technologies
- Full health benefits
- 401(k)
- Office in San Francisco