Palantir
Software Engineer - Edge AI Systems
$145K–$200K
Seattle, WA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional software development; 2+ years contributing to system design or architecture.
- Education
- Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or related fields.
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires an active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
About the job
Develop and deploy LLM agents and specialized AI models on tactical edge hardware for defense applications, including integration with sensors, effectors, and drones.
What you'll do
- Train, fine-tune, optimize, benchmark, and evaluate edge-capable models and agents.
- Design multi-agent systems and integrate LLM agents with sensors, effectors, and drone systems.
- Build reliable, scalable, fail-safe systems for high-stakes environments.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional software development experience and 2+ years contributing to system design or architecture.
- Experience building and deploying LLMs and LLM agents using modern frameworks such as PyTorch, HuggingFace Transformers, LangChain, and vLLM.
- Strong proficiency in Rust, Python, or C++.
- Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or related fields; active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.
Nice to have
- Experience in the defense sector, especially with weapon and UxV systems.
- Familiarity with edge AI optimization tools including Ollama, Mojo, TVM, TF Lite, and vLLM.
Pay
$145,000 - $200,000/year (base salary)
Tools
PyTorch, HuggingFace Transformers, LangChain, vLLM, Rust, Python, C++, Ollama
AI focus
Train, fine-tune, optimize, evaluate, and deploy LLMs and multi-agent systems on constrained tactical edge hardware, integrating them with sensors, effectors, and drone systems.
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