Bytoa is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to pioneer AI solutions in cyber operations, pushing into uncharted territory and transforming how security professionals work.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software engineering experience with deep Python expertise.
- Extensive hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered applications in production.
- Expert-level understanding of modern AI architectures (agents, RAG, chains, function calling).
- Proven track record of integrating multiple AI services and handling their failure modes.
- Strong experience with MCP servers or similar model serving infrastructure.
- Advanced prompt engineering skills with demonstrable results.
- Experience building resilient distributed systems and handling async workflows.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement production-grade AI systems for cyber operations, handling scale and reliability.
- Lead technical exploration into novel AI applications, charting paths through unproven territory.
- Design and build sophisticated agent orchestration systems that coordinate multiple AI models and tools.
- Create robust MCP server implementations that become foundational infrastructure for the team.
- Develop advanced prompt engineering strategies and reusable patterns for complex cyber scenarios.
- Build fault-tolerant API integration layers that gracefully handle model failures and edge cases.
- Mentor junior engineers while maintaining high personal code output.
Other
- 12 yrs., B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S.
- Active TS/SCI with a polygraph
- Ability to rapidly prototype while maintaining production-quality standards.
- Track record of solving novel technical problems without existing solutions.
- Excellent debugging skills for non-deterministic AI behaviors.
