R&D Software Engineer — AI/ML Mission Solutions

R&D Software Engineer — AI/ML Mission Solutions

Location

United States

Work Model

Remote

Travel

Approximately 15% for R&D events, technical demos, and collaboration sessions

Clearance

U.S. citizenship required. Active Secret clearance preferred; candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

Build AI/Data Capabilities for Mission-Focused R&D

Rackner is hiring an R&D Software Engineer — AI/ML Mission Solutions to help build, prototype, validate, and improve AI/data-driven software capabilities for defense-relevant use cases.

This is a hands-on R&D role for an engineer who enjoys solving hard problems across software, data, AI/ML, algorithms, RAG, agentic systems, simulation, or pipeline workflows. You will work with Rackner's internal R&D team to turn ambiguous ideas, operational needs, and user feedback into working technical capabilities.

We are not looking for one person to be an expert in every area. The strongest candidates bring one deep technical lane — such as AI/ML systems, RAG/agentic workflows, data pipelines, Python/Go development, Kubernetes/deployable systems, MLOps, or algorithmic software — plus enough working knowledge in adjacent areas to contribute in a fast-moving R&D environment.

This is not a traditional sales role and not a platform-only engineering role. Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud, CI/CD, and DevSecOps are helpful, but the main focus is software engineering, AI/data systems, algorithmic problem-solving, validation, and R&D execution.

What You'll Do

• Design, prototype, test, and refine AI/data-driven software capabilities for mission-focused use cases
• Build software for AI/ML experimentation, RAG or agentic workflows, model integration, simulation, data pipelines, and applied R&D prototypes
• Develop and improve data workflows, schema transformations, JSON workflows, APIs, backend services, and integration layers
• Suppo...