Jobs at DEFCON AI

Own full-cycle technical and non-technical recruiting, with a primary focus on hiring specialized engineering talent for DoD and government-contracting programs. Develop cleared-talent pipelines, partner with hiring managers, negotiate offers, and improve candidate experience. Lead and scale onboarding and support People Operations process improvements, including employee lifecycle workflows, documentation, and data integrity. Serve as a strategic partner to the Head of HR in a fully remote, high-growth AI and defense technology company.

Lead design and build of a hardened CI/CD delivery platform in an IL-5 government cloud. Own pipeline, IaC, container strategy, security controls, SBOM and authorization artifacts, run observability and release metrics, and guide a small platform team while supporting ATO/cATO processes and customer accreditation.

Own and operate contract and subcontract administration for a US defense program: draft, negotiate, maintain records, drive milestone and invoice readiness, design scalable contract processes, coordinate with leadership and finance, assess changes, and ensure contractual compliance and audit readiness.

Build and maintain data and model layers for an AI decision‑support system: data ingestion, probabilistic record matching, calibrated scoring, provenance‑tracked retrieval and grounded generation, and secure production pipelines. Ensure explainability, auditability, and accredited deployment in a controlled government cloud environment.

Lead software design, architecture, and delivery for a government program: own end-to-end build, integrate optimization/analytics, manage unclassified-to-secure transfer, coordinate PM/SMEs/data scientists, lead a small engineering team, and ensure deployments with CI/CD and security practices. Customer-facing role requiring hands-on coding and program accountability.