[Hiring] Senior Machine Learning Engineer @Anno.ai

Role Description

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Anno.ai, you will design, develop, test, document, deploy, and maintain production machine learning and statistical modeled software to automate processes and streamline our customer’s mission operations.

• Work directly with product, user-facing, hardware, and platform teams to deliver the highest quality products.
• Join a team known as “Annomals,” notable for their practical, mission-driven, and fun demeanor.
• Value good, seasoned judgment in your approach to management, career growth, and maintaining ethical and responsible practices.
• Bring a fairly uniform distribution of talent across a breadth of machine learning tasks and skills.
• Possess a combination of training and experience as an experienced MLE, part solid software engineer, and part modeling expert.
• Be able to obtain and maintain U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship required).
• Be able to travel up to 20% of the time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field (Master’s preferred).
• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, machine learning engineering, MLOps, or related roles.
• Experience operationalizing ML systems at production scale, including model training, versioning, packaging, deployment, and monitoring.
• Strong proficiency in Python and familiarity with at least one deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Hands-on experience with MLOps frameworks and workflow tooling (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, DVC, BentoML).
• Experience deploying containerized ML services using Docker and orchestrating workloads using Kubernetes (including air-gapped or constrained deployments).
• Understanding of CI/CD workflows and DevOps practices applied to ML systems (e.g., Git, Code Review, Metrics Evaluation).
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and logging platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK).
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. Citizenship required).
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Requirements

• Experience with deploying models and associated runtimes to Edge devices.
• Experience optimizing models for memory and CPU constrained systems (e.g., embedded systems, microcontrollers).
• Prior experience supporting U.S. Department of War programs, cUAS systems, or mission-critical autonomous platforms.
• Experience working with diverse or atypical data sources (e.g., Audio/Acoustics, RF signals, EO/IR imagery).
• Experience deploying and optimizing ML inference on edge or resource-limited compute systems.
• Experience with Explainable/Auditable AI/ML tools and interpretable model design.
• Experience with AI Software Development Tools (e.g., GitHub CoPilot, Claude).

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Equity.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• 401k with a 5% company match.
• Paid holidays and generous paid time off offering.
• Paid leave programs.
• Patent bonus program.
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Learning and development program.
• Opportunity to work with a team of highly skilled, creative, and motivated team members.

Company Description

Anno.ai is a mission-focused defense technology startup dedicated to accelerating the safe and effective development of next-generation autonomous systems. We specialize in building and operating advanced test ranges for low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) single- or dual-use autonomous platforms, providing a critical bridge between early-stage innovation and real-world mission requirements.

Our ranges are designed to replicate complex, contested, and dynamic environments—giving innovators, researchers, and defense partners the ability to validate, stress-test, and mature their systems with speed and rigor.

By combining deep technical expertise with a strong national security ethos, Anno.ai ensures that emerging autonomous technologies are tested not only for performance, but for resilience, adaptability, and operational relevance.

At Anno.ai, we believe that mission success depends on empowering innovation at the edge. We exist to help our partners move faster, fail smarter, and ultimately deliver autonomous capabilities that safeguard both national security and the future of global stability.