Drimva

Chaos Industries

Applied AI Engineer

$150K–$170K

San Francisco, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026

Experience
2–5 years of professional software development experience; exceptional fresh grads welcome to apply.
Education
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
Visa sponsorship
US Citizen or Permanent Resident.

About the job

Develops and deploys AI/ML capabilities across defense-focused products, turning research and prototypes into reliable production software for complex operational conditions.

What you'll do

  • Build AI systems, including model integration, inference services, evaluation pipelines, and production capabilities.
  • Develop and support production software and data pipelines for model serving, monitoring, lifecycle management, and system integration.
  • Evaluate and improve model reliability and performance through testing, benchmarking, robustness analysis, and optimization.

What they ask for

  • US Citizen or Permanent Resident.
  • BS/MS/PhD in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
  • 2–5 years of professional software development experience; exceptional fresh grads welcome to apply.
  • Very strong Python skills, with experience building, testing, deploying, and supporting production software and models.

Nice to have

  • Experience with explainable AI, real-time digital video processing, AI agents, or productizing machine learning, LLM, computer vision, signal-processing, or autonomous systems.
  • Experience in RF signal processing, drones, sensor fusion, tracking, edge deployment, or mission-critical environments.

Pay

$150k-170k USD base salary

Tools

Python, APIs, Distributed systems, Containers, CI/CD, GPU

AI focus

Research, integrate, evaluate, and deploy AI/ML models and production capabilities, including robustness and edge deployment in constrained or adversarial environments.

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