Applied AI Engineer — Production ML for Defense

CHAOS Industries; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k with match

FSA/HSA

Free daily lunch

Unlimited PTO

Casual dress code

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is seeking a highly motivated Applied AI Engineer to develop, integrate, and deploy AI/ML capabilities across our product lines in defense-oriented environments. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and mission stakeholders to turn advanced research into reliable software, focusing on accuracy under adversarial and constrained conditions.

The role emphasizes production-quality software, model serving, data pipelines, and end-to-end lifecycle management,

Qualifications

• BS/MS in a technical field (CS/Engineering/Math/Physics)
• 2+ years of software development experience
• Strong Python programming skills
• Experience with AI/ML model integration and deployment
• Familiarity with APIs, containers, CI/CD, and edge deployment environments
• Ability to learn unfamiliar domains quickly

Responsibilities

• Build applied AI systems across CHAOS product lines, including model integration and inference services
• Develop production-ready data pipelines and model lifecycle management
• Evaluate model performance in adversarial and real-world conditions
• Improve reliability with testing, observability, and benchmarking
• Collaborate with product teams to translate research into deployable software
• Move prototypes toward production with limited oversight
• Manage time across discovery, implementation, and production support
• Contribute to system reliability and performance tuning

Skills

Python programming

API development

ML model integration

Edge deployment

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Observability

Education

BS/MS in CS/Engineering/ML

Tools

Python

Containers

Kubernetes

Model serving

CI/CD tooling

Job description

CHAOS Industries is seeking a highly motivated Applied AI Engineer to develop, integrate, and deploy AI/ML capabilities across our product lines in defense-oriented environments. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and mission stakeholders to turn advanced research into reliable software, focusing on accuracy under adversarial and constrained conditions.

The role emphasizes production-quality software, model serving, data pipelines, and end-to-end lifecycle management,