Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government

Pro Integrate LLC; New York (NY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Remote-first workforce

401(K) plan with company match

Health-insurance premium reimbursement

Job summary

Pro Integrate LLC is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government, for remote work with relocation to the DC area. You will work across research and production to build agentic AI systems for high-assurance government missions.

You will own end-to-end system development—from design and experimentation to deployment and security—collaborating with government partners in forward-deployed environments.

Qualifications

• Able to operate independently in partner-facing settings with technical ownership.
• 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.
• Comfortable in high-security 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

Agentic systems

Data pipelines

ML infrastructure

RL workflows

Security-conscious

Job description

Job Title: Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Remote (requires relocating to DC area)

The Role

We're hiring an MTS to work on applied AI systems across research and production. This role spans model experimentation, infrastructure, and deployment in high-assurance, mission-critical environments, including forward-deployed work with strategic partners to ensure mission success.

What You’ll Work On

• 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.

What We’re Looking For

• Able to operate independently in ambiguous, partner-facing settings with technical and operational ownership.
• 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.
• Comfortable in high-security / high-reliability environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active U.S. security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.
• Experience supporting U.S. Government, defense, intelligence, or national security missions.
• Prior experience at a startup, defense organization, Department of War, or government-focused technology company.
• Background operating in fast-moving startup environments, mission-critical government settings, or both.

Compensation & Benefits Notice

The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $150,000 $250,000. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. micro1 provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.