Thread AI
Senior Applied AI Engineer, Federal
$180K–$230K
New York Office · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- Five or more years of software engineering experience, or comparable evidence of independently delivering and operating production systems.
- Education
- Formal technical education or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national or U.S. lawful, permanent resident.
About the job
Build, deploy, and operate AI workflows and integrations on Lemma for federal customers, while translating customer needs into reusable integrations and product improvements.
What you'll do
- Work with customers to define problems, map dependencies, and agree on deployments; build and test production integrations and AI workflows.
- Evaluate AI output quality and reliability, establish human review where needed, and deploy, operate, and troubleshoot solutions.
- Document systems and operating procedures, and turn recurring customer needs into reusable integrations and platform improvements.
What they ask for
- Five or more years of software engineering experience, or comparable evidence of independently delivering and operating production systems.
- Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, or a similar language.
- Experience building APIs or integrations, working with databases and data pipelines, and using automated tests and deployment practices.
- Hands-on AI or ML application experience, including evaluating outputs and understanding failure modes.
Nice to have
- Delivering software for federal customers or other organizations with demanding security and operational requirements.
- Building AI workflows involving external tools, retrieval, evaluation, or human review.
Pay
$180,000-$230,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, Lemma
AI focus
Build AI workflows; evaluate output quality and reliability; identify failure modes and where human review is needed.
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