[Remote] AI Engineer - Public Sector

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Unstructured is defining the standard for enterprise data transformation in the age of LLMs and generative AI. They are seeking an AI Engineer to own the lifecycle of AI solutions, from initial research to AWS deployment, focusing on building production-grade systems for government and military clients.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement production-grade RAG pipelines and agentic workflows using Python
• Build systems that handle real-world "messy" data (PDFs, scanned docs, images, full motion video) and ensure they are performant and scalable
• Evaluate new models (LLMs, embedding models, object detection), prototype approaches for SBIR/government deliverables, and run experiments to prove what actually works
• Partner with the team to document architectures, contribute to technical reports for contract deliverables, and participate in pre-sales calls to architect solutions for complex client needs

Skills

• Proven experience deploying Production RAG pipelines against real-world, messy datasets
• Deep expertise in Agentic system design (tool-use, multi-agent orchestration)
• Strong Python engineering skills—writing clean, scalable, and maintainable code
• Experience operating within AWS/GovCloud environments
• Systems-First Engineering: You prioritize building reliable, scalable systems over experimental scripts
• Technical Resourcefulness: You are comfortable working in restricted or air-gapped environments
• Autonomous Problem Solving: You can take a high-level government requirement and translate it into a technical roadmap
• A 'Generalist' Mindset: While you specialize in AI, you understand the full stack
• Experience fine-tuning NLP or object detection models
• Familiarity with LLM evaluation frameworks (hallucination detection, drift monitoring)
• Knowledge of government security standards and working in different classification environments and on-prem
• Security Clearance: Existing Secret/TS clearance or eligibility is a significant plus

Benefits

• Company offsites
• Best-in-tech swag
• The tools you need to do your best work, wherever you're based
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage effective the 1st of the month following your start date
• Life and disability insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible parental leave
• 401(k) with company match
• Equity
• $500 work from home stipend
• $70/month internet reimbursement
• Team/company offsites throughout the year

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