AI Engineer

Company Description

SPARC AI is a defence technology company developing develops cutting-edge intelligence software designed for drones and edge devices. Their flagship platform empowers defencewith target acquisition and navigation without GPS for drones and robotic systems.

The company has a bold mandate to build the AI and software that will power the next generation of drones, robotics and defence systems. The business is growing and now seeks to add to its AI development team by this strategic appointment.

Role Description

· Develop and build the next generation of drone software

· Lead the design, development and deployment of AI and software for drone and robotics platforms

· Product innovation from concept to customer launch

· Build data pipelines for training, evaluation and continuous model improvement

· Develop APIs and integrations bringing AI capabilities into real-world operational environments

Qualifications

· 4+ years of experience in machine learning, applied AI, or a closely related field

· Advanced proficiency required in TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL + Drizzle ORM, and GeoJSON/geospatial mathematics

· Hands on experience with LLM APIs and prompt engineering

· Comfortable working across the ML stack, data, training, serving and evaluation

· Experience deploying and monitoring models in cloud environments

· Self-directed, and comfortable with ambiguity who can set their own priorities

· Strong communication skills

The Person:

You will be an enthusiastic true AI believer who is always thinking about AI and how best to deploy it; you are the engineer who is actively experimenting with AI driven automation in their own work and who constantly asks how AI can improve the flow when they see a manual process. Your enthusiasm infects the team and allows it, and you, to build scalable business propositions round the AI model because you know they can be better and your AI input is making them better.

The reward:

· Designed to attract highflyers

· Equity opportunity in a public company

· High ownership, direct product impact, no layers of bureaucracy, report to the CEO

· Huge career development opportunities with this international company