Open Talent · 1 day ago
Senior ML Engineer (LLMs) / Frontier Tech / Seattle, WA / $350k+
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$350K/yr - $350K/yrOpen Talent is a frontier aerospace company in Seattle that is redefining how AI powers real-world missions. They are seeking a Senior ML Engineer to take full ownership of a retrieval and evaluation pipeline powering production systems, fine-tuning and optimizing LLM-driven intelligence for aerospace decision-making.
Human Resources
No H1B
U.S. Citizen OnlyHiring Manager
Sufyan Bashir
Responsibilities
Own and evolve a production-grade GenAI retrieval & evaluation pipeline — hybrid vector + keyword retrieval (FAISS/BM25) tuned for precision, recall, and sub-100ms latency
Optimise RAG performance across the stack — prompt routing, context compression, reranking, and answer grounding under strict reliability thresholds
Design & implement scalable architectures for inference, caching, and continuous evaluation – your decisions will directly shape live aerospace intelligence systems
Debug & deploy in high-stakes production – profiling token usage, batching inference, automating evals with LangSmith or custom metrics suites
Collaborate directly with technical founders & aerospace engineers to align LLM performance with real-world mission data
Qualification
Required
U.S. citizenship required due to the nature of the work
Proven experience deploying LLM or RAG-based systems into production
Strong grasp of retrieval, ranking, and evaluation under real constraints
Hands-on with Python, PyTorch, LangChain, Hugging Face, vector DBs
You've shipped systems that work in production, not research demos
Background in high-performance or regulated environments (defence, aerospace, fintech, etc.)
Ownership mindset - fast, curious & comfortable building 0→1 systems
Benefits
Medical & dental (full coverage)
Meaningful equity
Company
Open Talent
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City of London, GB
2-10 employeesFunding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase