Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer

webAI is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer to support Public Sector initiatives, building and optimizing production AI systems for secure and distributed environments. This role involves transforming prototype models into scalable systems, collaborating with customers, and designing agentic workflows. The position requires active US Security clearance and expertise in ML frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow.

• Collaborate closely with customers to scope, deploy, and maintain AI solutions.
• Design, develop, and deploy agentic workflows for multi-step reasoning and decision-making.
• Debug and optimize data pipelines and AI systems on customer networks.
• Translate ambiguous customer requirements into technical solutions.

• 5+ years of combined experience in software engineering and machine learning.
• Active US Security clearance.
• Proven track record of deploying ML/AI systems in production.
• Strong expertise in ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, JAX.
• Experience debugging complex systems with data pipelines and hardware interaction.
• Exceptional communication skills.

• Experience deploying models on edge devices or consumer hardware.