Software Engineer, AI Systems

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Develop and ship machine learning models and autonomous software agents that operate on resource-constrained hardware in demanding field conditions. Work alongside a newly formed group of specialists, covering the lifecycle from model training through deployment and evaluation.

What you'll do

- Train and fine-tune language models so they run effectively on compact hardware.

- Tune model performance across GPU, CPU and specialized accelerator platforms.

- Design and build multi-agent systems for a range of operational scenarios.

- Connect agent software to sensors, actuators and unmanned systems.

- Benchmark agents for capability, performance and reliability.

- Engineer scalable, dependable and fail-safe systems for high-stakes environments.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- 5+ years of professional software development experience.

- 2+ years contributing to system design or architecture, including design patterns, reliability and scaling.

- Practical experience taking language-model-based agent software into production and improving its speed and quality, for example through model tuning or faster inference.

- Experience building and deploying language models and agents with widely used frameworks such as PyTorch.

- Strong proficiency in Python, C++ and/or Rust.

- Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative or technical discipline, such as computer science, physics or math.

- Hands-on record of engineering demanding software where dependability, security, speed and thorough testing matter.

- Background delivering technically challenging software at a rigorous organization, such as aerospace, big tech, robotics or applied research.

- Customer-facing or cross-functional collaboration experience.

- US citizenship and eligibility for a US security clearance.

- Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

Bonus points

- Prior work in the defense sector, particularly with weapon and unmanned systems.

- Familiarity with tools for optimizing AI models on edge hardware.

- Composure and sound judgment when handling complexity under pressure.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 145,000 to 275,000 per year

- Equity

- Health, dental and vision coverage

- Life and disability insurance

- Retirement plan

- Paid time off and holidays

- Parental and family leave

- Relocation assistance

Location and work model

- Seattle, WA, United States

- Hybrid

- Full-time