Senior Software Engineer, Modern Intelligence

$170-220k

Plus equity

Python
Linux
Senior level
Austin

More information about location

Modern Intelligence

Building AI for defense

Job no longer available

Modern Intelligence

Building AI for defense

21-100 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningSaaS

Job no longer available

$170-220k

Plus equity

Python
Linux
Senior level
Austin

More information about location

21-100 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningSaaS

Company mission

To bring breakthrough AI research to defense.

Role

Who you are

  • Strong background in Python
  • 5+ years of experience required
  • A generalist background, and the experience and desire to tackle problems across core engineering, UI, data management, deployment, and the development lifecycle
  • Must be very comfortable with Linux and virtualization
  • Must have overseen the development and shipment of at least one product

Desirable

  • Preferred: experience in one or more of
  • The Defense space
  • Networking
  • Hardware integrations
  • Interfacing with established UIs, ideally DoD UIs such as ATAK
  • Creating products based on AI models

What the job involves

  • You will work with the team on many different aspects of our core products, take point on integrating with external APIs and software solutions, and assist with product customization and deployment
  • Your work environment will have the magic mix of autonomy and independence in how you work, and the highly collaborative nature of a small, fast-paced team environment
  • As an early hire, you’ll have the opportunity and active encouragement to influence the direction of product and feature development, and to grow into larger roles, or potentially other disciplines, as the company expands
  • You’ll be helping create products that provide enormous benefit to the American warfighter

Otta's take

Sam Franklin headshot

Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

The adoption of AI is ever-increasing, and all industries seek to benefit from these technologies. For the defense industry, the ability to have AI-assessments of combat environments will protect service members, reduce casualties, and improve the efficiency of operations, yet a lack of technical expertise in these departments risks the adoption of poor methods not tailored for military use. Modern Intelligence provides high-performance, defense-industry-specific AI systems, that can be deployed on existing infrastructure with minimal training.

Modern Intelligence was founded in 2020 with ambitions to deliver AI for all defense functions. The company has started in maritime sensor function – the detection of threats under, on or above water – in which current solutions require thousands of data samples to provide only limited recognition. Modern Intelligence’s AI models are low-data, with a focus on learning rather than memorizing, and deal with novel scenarios well. On top of this, the product is built for integration, being platform independent to avoid lock-in for clients.

Modern Intelligence’s AI has excited top professionals in defense technology, and its impressive preliminary funding will be used to deliver and test its solutions across military exercises. With this, the company is in a strong position to deliver on its aims to accelerate the adoption of AI in the defense industry.

Insights

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Sep 2021

$4.5m

SEED

Mar 2021

$0.8m

SEED

Total funding: $5.3m

Company benefits

  • Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Discretionary PTO
  • Paid Parental Leave

Company values

  • Our culture is driven by a sense of service to American warfighters, and a sense of rebellion against business-as-usual AI research

Company HQ

Congress Avenue Historic District, Austin, TX

Founders

John Dulin

(Co-founder & CEO)

Former Talent Fellow with Contrary. Worked as Senior Investment Engineer at Numerai, and as a Research Software Engineer at Freenome.

Tristan Tager

(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)

Former AI Research Scientist with Genentech. Previously Head Of Research at the Bay Area Complexity Institute. Co-founded ExamScram.

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