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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