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Senior Applied AI Engineer, Federal

Thread AI · New York Office · On-site

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About Thread AI

Build secure, governed AI workflows and agents for mission-critical enterprise operations with Thread AI and the Lemma orchestration platform. Backed by Index.

About the role

You will work directly with federal customers to build AI workflows and integrations on Lemma. The work may start with data spread across several systems, a process full of manual handoffs, or a prototype that needs to become reliable enough for daily use. You will own the engineering through deployment and ongoing operation. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Five or more years of software engineering experience, or comparable evidence of independently delivering and operating production systems
  • Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java or a similar language. You can explain your design choices, review code and debug unfamiliar systems
  • Experience building APIs or integrations, working with databases and data pipelines, and using automated tests and deployment practices
  • Hands-on experience with AI or ML applications, including evaluating their outputs and understanding where they fail
  • Experience working directly with users or customer engineers to resolve incomplete requirements and make practical tradeoffs
  • Clear communication about progress and technical risks, and the judgment to seek engineering review when needed
More about this role

Thread AI is focused on building an AI orchestration engine and is looking for dedicated individuals to join its growing team. Our goal is to make infrastructure simple for enterprises and public sector agencies seeking to get the most from AI and AI Agents.

Headquartered in New York, our growing team is a group of experts who have a track record of creating and executing against complex workflows and infrastructure.

You will work directly with federal customers to build AI workflows and integrations on Lemma. The work may start with data spread across several systems, a process full of manual handoffs, or a prototype that needs to become reliable enough for daily use. You will own the engineering through deployment and ongoing operation.

You will partner with an Applied AI Strategist who leads workflow discovery, customer coordination and adoption. You will own the architecture and production code, working with Thread’s product and engineering teams on technical review and platform changes. What you learn from customers will help determine what we build into Lemma next.

This is a senior individual contributor role with direct customer responsibility.

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