Platform Engineer, AI (Levels I, II, III)

Summary

True Anomaly is a company focused on building technology for space superiority. They are seeking a Platform Engineer to develop AI infrastructure and tools that enhance workflows across various teams, enabling faster and more efficient operations.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain AI platform components: API integrations, system connectors (MCP, tool use), authentication flows, and data pipelines that connect AI models to internal tools
• Develop custom AI-powered applications and workflows for specific business use cases, working from requirements and technical designs provided by senior engineers
• Write clean, well-tested code in Python, TypeScript, or similar languages, following team coding standards and best practices
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and platform architecture decisions, contributing your perspective and learning from more experienced engineers
• Help maintain documentation for AI platform services, including API references, integration guides, and troubleshooting resources
• Support AI training and enablement efforts by contributing to internal resources, attending office hours, and helping teams adopt AI tools
• Work with engineering, security, and IT teams to ensure AI implementations meet government security and compliance requirements
• Stay current with AI developments and implement them into solutions for the company

Skills

• Successful candidates demonstrate strong fundamentals, ability to learn quickly, and growing independence in delivering technical work. They will be passionate about AI, while understanding its limitations
• Software engineering experience building and shipping code, ideally in Python, TypeScript, or similar languages common in AI/ML tooling
• Experience using the latest AI powered development tools to deliver production code and automate routine tasks. You can read, write, and understand code in at least one common programming language like Python, Typescript
• Familiarity with REST APIs, webhooks, or other integration patterns for connecting software systems
• Understanding of large language model APIs and concepts like prompting, tool use, or RAG (retrieval-augmented generation)
• Ability to learn quickly, ask good questions, and work effectively with more senior engineers
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and requirements evolve
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) or infrastructure-as-code tools
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, or DevOps practices
• Experience building integrations with enterprise software (Slack, Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• Background in government, defense, or regulated industries with security and compliance requirements
• Experience with agent frameworks (CrewAI, Pydantic AI, LangChain) or embedding/vector databases
• Active U.S. Secret or Top-Secret security clearance

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Successful candidates demonstrate strong fundamentals, ability to learn quickly, and growing independence in delivering technical work. They will be passionate about AI, while understanding its limitations
• Software engineering experience building and shipping code, ideally in Python, TypeScript, or similar languages common in AI/ML tooling
• Experience using the latest AI powered development tools to deliver production code and automate routine tasks. You can read, write, and understand code in at least one common programming language like Python, Typescript
• Familiarity with REST APIs, webhooks, or other integration patterns for connecting software systems
• Understanding of large language model APIs and concepts like prompting, tool use, or RAG (retrieval-augmented generation)
• Ability to learn quickly, ask good questions, and work effectively with more senior engineers
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and requirements evolve
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance

Nice to Haves

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) or infrastructure-as-code tools
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, or DevOps practices
• Experience building integrations with enterprise software (Slack, Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• Background in government, defense, or regulated industries with security and compliance requirements
• Experience with agent frameworks (CrewAI, Pydantic AI, LangChain) or embedding/vector databases
• Active U.S. Secret or Top-Secret security clearance

Benefits

• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave
• Hybrid work environment with onsite requirements as business needs require
• Paid holidays
• 401K
• Parental Leave
• HRA/HSA options