AI Engineer - Defense AI Startup - $250k +Equity A $12M-backed AI startup is building something hard: an AI-native ERP, from scratch, for defense manufacturing. Not bolting ChatGPT onto a legacy system — actually building the brain. Multi-agent orchestration, agentic workflows, RAG, evals, the real stuff. You'd join an early team (~15 people) and work on the critical path alongside the founding engineers. High trust, high ownership, immediate impact. What you'll do • Build the LLM orchestration layer using multi-agent frameworks • Design agentic workflows that track state, propose actions, and complete multi-step tasks • Build structured prompting systems — function-calling, memory, safety constraints • Work with RAG, embeddings, and retrieval infrastructure • Evaluate and integrate emerging agent frameworks What we're looking for • 3–5+ years in Python backend + production AI/LLM systems • Hands-on with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, Strands) • Experience shipping AI products from prototype to production • Comfortable in a small, fast-moving startup • Bonus: ERP, manufacturing, or defense tech background Logistics • $160K–$250K base + equity • Hybrid: San Diego (3 days/week), or Bay Area/LA flying in one week per month • US citizen or green card holder only (ITAR) Sound like you? Apply!