# Applied AI Research Engineer at Code Metal

- Company: Code Metal
- What the company does: Code Metal: Verifiable, AI-enabled code translation. For companies doing edge development, code portability, and code modernization across industries like automotive, defense, semiconductors, and aerospace. Speed time-to-market, meet safety and compliance... Backed by Accel.
- Company website: https://www.codemetal.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Boston Hub
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-07-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/code-metal/387734b5-9dfe-4b78-983b-fcd14de10b59
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/code-metal-applied-ai-research-engineer/

## About the role

We're building next-generation AI systems that help military planners explore, compare, and evaluate operational courses of action. Our work combines frontier language models, simulation, planning, and verification into human-in-the-loop decision-support systems for defense applications.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years building AI, machine learning, or applied research systems
- Strong Python engineering skills
- Experience with PyTorch and modern LLM tooling (Transformers, vLLM, Hugging Face, etc.)
- Experience building or deploying agentic AI systems, tool-calling workflows, or multi-step reasoning pipelines
- Experience fine-tuning, evaluating, or serving language models

Tags: Research