Software Engineer, CHAOS Industries

• You must bring a strong record of academic excellence as well as creative use of AI and Machine Learning in actual products
• Any exposure to a highly regulated or mission-driven sector like aerospace, defense, or critical infrastructure is a big plus
• BS/MS + 2+ years of experience in professional software development
• Experience with Python, model serving infrastructure, model lifecycle management
• Experience building, testing, and supporting major systems in production

Desirable

• We are seeking a highly motivated and mission-oriented Applied AI Engineer to drive the development, integration, and deployment of AI/ML-powered capabilities across CHAOS’ product lines
• This individual will work in a high integrity environment with very high-caliber team of researchers and engineers to ensure advanced AI research translates into tangible, real-world shippable software especially in defense applications
• You will be given a lot of independence, but you need to be self-driven and willing to learn at a very rapid pace
• Must be willing to work with disparate teams, customers and stakeholders of various type to learn the requirements, rapidly develop prototypes and bring them eventually to production with low oversight
• Learn: Quickly come up to speed browsing related code and documentation that already exists. Must be motivated to learn unfamiliar subjects and drive the learning needs
• Productization: Ensure our AI models are robust, interpretable, testable, and performant under real-world conditions—especially in adversarial, low-power, gps-denied or edge-deployed environments
• Time Management: Manage your time to split across meetings and execution but still be able to devote time for learning
• If this role will require travel, list the percentage or frequency: 10-20% (mostly domestic)
• Work on-site a minimum of 2 days per week out of our San Francisco office, with 2-4 days per week preferred