# Forward Deployed AI Engineer > Raydar · Washington, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-01 **Salary:** USD 150,000–250,000 **Workplace:** on_site ## Description About the company Our client is a software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design, build and ship AI-driven software from early prototype to production while working side by side with public-sector partners in their own environments. The position combines applied AI engineering with production systems work and calls for clear explanations of technical topics to non-technical audiences. What you'll do \- Design and deliver applications powered by large language models, including autonomous agents that use tools and retrieve information from data sources. \- Work on-site with partner teams to understand their needs and help them adopt the solutions successfully. \- Create the data preparation and model assessment workflows that feed ongoing model improvement. \- Maintain the infrastructure used to serve, test and release models. \- Convert raw data, models and internal tooling into dependable operational capabilities. \- Take responsibility for a system from initial scoping through launch and ongoing hardening, including security and uptime. \- Explain technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders and represent the company professionally. ## Requirements What we're looking for \- 1 to 4 years of production software engineering experience. \- Strong Python skills and a history of delivering systems end to end. \- Hands-on experience building LLM-based applications and autonomous agent systems. \- Solid engineering fundamentals and real depth of technical understanding. \- Experience owning data workflows and the supporting machine learning infrastructure. \- Excellent verbal communication and a collaborative, low-ego working style. \- Ability to work in the office five days a week and to be located in, or relocate quickly to, the area. \- US citizenship is required for some positions on the team. \- Availability to start as soon as possible. Bonus points \- Active US security clearance. \- Experience on government, defense or national security programs. \- Background with healthcare data or fraud analytics. \- Experience tuning and evaluating models on custom datasets. \- Exposure to reinforcement learning or simulated training environments. \- Experience as a startup founder or founding engineer. ## Benefits Compensation and benefits \- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 250,000 per year \- Equity \- Health, dental and vision coverage \- Relocation support Location and work model \- Washington, DC, United States \- On-site, in office 5 days per week \- Full-time ## Apply [Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/00646F48A4/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)