Agentic AI Research Engineer for Planning & Support

Code Metal; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan with 100% premium coverage

401k with 5% matching

Uncapped vacation and paid time off

Flexible hybrid or remote work arrangement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Code Metal, located in Boston, MA, is on the lookout for an Applied AI Research Engineer to develop next-generation AI systems focused on military planning and operations.

You will design and implement agentic AI systems, ensuring they support high-consequence decisions. Ideal candidates will have strong Python skills, experience with AI systems, and the ability to transform research into practical implementations.

The position offers flexible work arrangements, competitive salaries, and comprehensive benefits including health care and 401k matching.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building AI, machine learning, or applied research systems.
• Experience with retrieval-augmented generation and knowledge retrieval systems.
• Ability to move from research prototypes to production-quality implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build agentic AI systems for planning and decision support.
• Develop AI pipelines that integrate foundation models and external tools.
• Collaborate with experts to translate operational workflows into AI capabilities.

Skills

Python engineering skills

Experience with PyTorch

Experience building agentic AI systems

Experience fine-tuning language models

Strong understanding of experiment design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields

Tools

Transformers

Hugging Face

Job description

Code Metal, located in Boston, MA, is on the lookout for an Applied AI Research Engineer to develop next-generation AI systems focused on military planning and operations.

You will design and implement agentic AI systems, ensuring they support high-consequence decisions. Ideal candidates will have strong Python skills, experience with AI systems, and the ability to transform research into practical implementations.

The position offers flexible work arrangements, competitive salaries, and comprehensive benefits including health care and 401k matching.