AI Engineer - Defense AI Startup - $250k +Equity

A $12M-backed AI startup is building something hard: an AI-native ERP, from scratch, for defense manufacturing. Not bolting ChatGPT onto a legacy system — actually building the brain. Multi-agent orchestration, agentic workflows, RAG, evals, the real stuff.

You'd join an early team (~15 people) and work on the critical path alongside the founding engineers. High trust, high ownership, immediate impact.

What you'll do

Build the LLM orchestration layer using multi-agent frameworks
Design agentic workflows that track state, propose actions, and complete multi-step tasks
Build structured prompting systems — function-calling, memory, safety constraints
Work with RAG, embeddings, and retrieval infrastructure
Evaluate and integrate emerging agent frameworks

What we're looking for

3–5+ years in Python backend + production AI/LLM systems
Hands-on with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, Strands)
Experience shipping AI products from prototype to production
Comfortable in a small, fast-moving startup
Bonus: ERP, manufacturing, or defense tech background

Logistics

$160K–$250K base + equity
Hybrid: San Diego (3 days/week), or Bay Area/LA flying in one week per month
US citizen or green card holder only (ITAR)

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