AI Engineer
Summary
Kharon is hiring an AI Engineer in Denver (in-office 3+ days/week) to rapidly design, prototype, and ship applied AI systems — MCP clients/servers, fine-tuned foundation models, multi-agent orchestration, RAG, and production data pipelines — mostly in Python on AWS, powering its global-security risk intelligence products.
- Design, develop, and ship proof-of-concept AI applications within days or weeks. Work in fast, agile cycles to test ideas, gather feedback, and refine models and interfaces.
- Build and integrate advanced AI components, including Model Context Protocol clients and servers, foundation model fine-tuning, and multi-agent orchestration frameworks (eg. Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, AutoGPTI)
- Take features from idea to production, including architecting data flows, writing high-quality code, containerizing services, and deploying them in secure cloud environments (e.g., AWS).
- Partner closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and data scientists to translate abstract business problems into concrete, scalable AI systems.
- Develop production-grade data pipelines integrating data to/from AI systems.
- Develop and maintain internal tools to speed up development cycles, CI/CD scripts, evaluation harnesses, dashboards, and secure sandbox environments.
- Ensure AI systems are monitored, explainable, and aligned with ethical, regulatory, and performance standards.
- Stay at the forefront of AI/ML advancements, evaluate open-source frameworks, and share best practices across the team.
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
- 4+ years of software engineering or machine learning experience, with a focus on applied AI.
- Strong software development skills in Python and experience with libraries like Langchain/Langgraph, Agent SDKs, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy/Alembic, PySpark/Polars/Pandas.
- Experience with tracing systems (MLFlow, Sentry), RAG Systems, Memory Systems, MCP Servers, Agent Skills, and knowledge of different models and tradeoffs.
- Strong understanding of how to make use of AI tools for rapid development (Cursor, Claude Code, etc)
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker), cloud deployment (AWS preferred, Github Actions)
- Demonstrated ability to ship high-quality, production-ready ML/AI systems under tight iteration cycles.
- Passion for solving complex problems with real-world impact, especially in high-stakes or regulated domains.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to thrive in cross-functional, mission-driven environments.
- Fully sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurances
- FSA program for both medical and dependent care
- Long term disability
- 401k + Roth with matching and immediate vesting
- Flexible paid time off + 11 paid holidays
The base salary range at Kharon is set between $130,000 to $170,000. Please note that this figure does not necessarily include potential bonuses, commissions, benefits, or equity that may be part of the overall compensation package.
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