WebAI
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Washington D.C. Area +1 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 15, 2026
- Location
- Washington D.C. Area
Austin, TX - Experience
- 5+ years of combined experience in software engineering and machine learning.
About the job
Deploys and optimizes production AI systems for public-sector customers across cloud, enterprise, and edge environments, including secure or disconnected settings.
What you'll do
- Scope, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot customer AI solutions and data pipelines.
- Build agentic workflows and turn customer requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Optimize systems across models, hardware, and infrastructure, and advise customers on deployments.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of combined software engineering and machine learning experience.
- Active US Security clearance.
- Track record deploying and maintaining production machine learning/AI systems.
- Expertise in ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, or JAX.
Nice to have
- Experience deploying models on edge devices or consumer hardware.
- Familiarity with distributed systems, DevOps tooling, and performance tuning.
Tools
PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, JAX
AI focus
Build, deploy, and optimize production AI systems and agentic workflows, including for secure, distributed, and edge environments.
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