Forward-Deployed AI Engineer for Government Missions

micro1; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

micro1 is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to advance applied AI for U.S. Government missions. You will work on prototypes, production deployments, and middleware across research and field environments.

The role emphasizes building multi-agent LLM applications, tool-using agents, and human-in-the-loop autonomy, with direct collaboration with government partners in forward-deployed settings.

Qualifications

• Strong Python engineer with end-to-end ownership experience.
• Experience with LLMs and creating agentic systems.
• Built or maintained data pipelines / ML infrastructure.
• Familiar with RL workflows or simulation environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy agentic AI systems that support high-impact U.S. Government missions from prototype to production.
• Design and integrate LLM applications, including multi-agent systems, tool-using agents, RAG workflows, and human-in-the-loop autonomy.
• Work directly with government partners in forward-deployed environments to translate mission needs into technical systems.
• Build and maintain large-scale data curation, and evaluation pipelines for model training and improvement.
• Develop infrastructure for model inference, experimentation, evaluation, and deployment across frontier AI platforms.
• Build AI systems that turn mission data, models, and tools into real operational autonomy.
• Own systems across the full lifecycle, including discovery, architecture, implementation, deployment, reliability, security, and iteration.

Skills

Python

LLMs

ML infrastructure

Data pipelines

Job description

micro1 is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to advance applied AI for U.S. Government missions. You will work on prototypes, production deployments, and middleware across research and field environments.

The role emphasizes building multi-agent LLM applications, tool-using agents, and human-in-the-loop autonomy, with direct collaboration with government partners in forward-deployed settings.