Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Vannevar Labs
Agents
$190-230k
+ Equity
Defense for the digital domain
Open for applications
Defense for the digital domain
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$190-230k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
We build software for our nation's most pressing national security problems.
Role
Who you are
- Technical leadership on making the right decisions, setting direction, and delivering outcomes
- A track record of shipping high impact AI-enabled applications
- Deep and current knowledge of AI capabilities and emerging trends
- An excitement to work with other engineers to make them successful in building their products
- Bias towards achieving outcomes, including willingness to step outside your immediate role to ensure mission success
- Ability to work autonomously and set your own goals
- Ability to learn quickly
- Grit and creativity to keep going when faced with a roadblock
- Active TS / SCI Clearance is a plus but not needed
What the job involves
- The Agentic AI team is building key AI-native applications as well as the platforms and libraries to embed Agentic AI across the company. We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to help build and scale our core agent platform
- We are working in a space that is a perfect fit for AI Agents - the process is plentiful but well specified, there is an abundance of multi-modal data, and accelerating speed to decision is the difference between winning and losing. You will work on cutting edge technical challenges that span AI, UX design, and software engineering, while also working on problems that matter
- Build and scale our Agentic AI Platform. Own the backend, infrastructure, and AI/ML platform powering the next generation of AI for the DoD. Today this is building out the foundational layers of our agent platform and in the future it will include pushing the state-of-the-art on fine-tuning for custom agent workflows
- Make Agents work reliably. Build the right systems, patterns, and solutions to help move from prototype to production including evaluations at scale, human-in-the-loop tooling, guardrails, and fine-tuning pipelines
- Democratize agent building. Everyone at Vannevar is an agent builder, from AI Engineers to our CEO. The platform you are building will make it possible for more people to participate in automating workflows with agents
- Collaborate across disciplines. Building effective agents is a fullstack problem. While building effective agents you will also work with designers on the UX patterns for how a user interacts with the agent, frontend engineers to bring those designs to life, platform engineers to get access to the most valuable data, and product owners to get customers irrationally excited
Our take
As intelligence analysts work to solve rapidly evolving and increasingly challenging national security problems, modern technology is vital in achieving optimal results as there is no room for failure. Vannevar Labs’ innovative foreign text platform, delivers solutions to some of today’s most important national security problems.
The company’s workflow platform Decrypt, uses machine learning and automation to understand, target, and respond to foreign actors in ways not previously possible. The platform is a proven success, driving Vannevar’s growth and attracting a $40M OTA contract with the Department of Defense.
Yielding impressive traction so far, the company is using its latest Series B funding round to invest in new product development. Vannevar Labs is also aiming to win its first multi-year program from Decrypt. Should it be successful, the level of guaranteed sales and revenue would be a turning point in the company’s long-term trajectory.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
119% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2023
$75m
SERIES B
Aug 2021
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $91.5m
Company benefits
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Equity + 401(k) Match
- Open PTO + all Federal Holidays and Dec 23-31
- Paid Parental Leave
- 100% Remote - Work From Anywhere in the US
- Flexible Work Environment - You Manage Your Work Day
- Quarterly Off-Site Travel for Team-Building
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Nini Hamrick
(President)Former US Intelligence Officer working as a Political & Counterterrorism Programs Analyst. Previous Chief of Staff to the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and was a Counterterrorism Analyst for the United States Department of Defense.
Brett Granberg
(CEO)Current Advisor at Lilt. Former Investor at In-Q-Tel and previously worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.
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