# Senior Applied AI Engineer, Federal at Thread AI

- Company: Thread AI
- What the company does: Build secure, governed AI workflows and agents for mission-critical enterprise operations with Thread AI and the Lemma orchestration platform. Backed by Index.
- Company website: http://threadai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York Office
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $230K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-27
- Apply by: 2026-12-11
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/thread-ai/b84765f4-750d-4a89-8050-111e7e4bc17a?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/thread-ai-senior-applied-ai-engineer-federal/

## 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

Tags: Government

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