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title: 'Senior ML Engineer at Adelphi'
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# Senior ML Engineer at Adelphi

- **Company:** Adelphi
- **Location:** Remote
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/adelphi-ai/5de55f19-bd3f-45e9-98ec-7b88b4703775

## Job description

## About Adelphi

Adelphi's Vision is to build the biggest AI Deployment company for National Security, which requires talent that is extremely good at problem solving, gets excited about National Security challenges, and thrives in software factories. We're executing a Mission that (1) Identifies the core bottlenecks in Warfighting, Intelligence and the Enterprise, (2) Assigns top talent with backgrounds in systems and machine learning engineering, and (3) Finds repeatability in solution development to target similar offices across the DoW/IC. The business has 10x'd in under two years and has built trust with the senior most leaders at the Department of War and Intelligence Community.

About Adelphi: Adelphi's Vision is to build the biggest AI Deployment company for National Security, which requires talent that is extremely good at problem solving, gets excited about National Security challenges, and thrives in software factories. We're executing a Mission that (1) Identifies the core bottlenecks in Warfighting, Intelligence and the Enterprise, (2) Assigns top talent with backgrounds in systems and machine learning engineering, and (3) Finds repeatability in solution development to target similar offices across the DoW/IC. The business has 10x'd in under two years and has built trust with the senior most leaders at the Department of War and Intelligence Community.

About the Role: The Forward Deployed Senior Machine Learning Engineer position requires a mix of software development, LLM Ops, and secdevops practices, resulting in an exciting, fast-paced engineering role. This role requires the ability to provide solutions for the full LLM stack, from the OS, storage, and network up to the API and transport layer. Experience in the defense or intelligence fields is required. You will own end-to-end delivery of agentic, full-stack systems built on top of frontier models, from first prototype to stable production, embedded alongside our defense and intelligence customers.

Location: This role is based in the DC/Metro area; remote candidates will be considered with 25% travel expected.

Clearance Requirement: An active U.S. Government clearance is strongly preferred, but we are open to clearance eligible candidates.

Is this you?

We are an AI-native engineering team. We expect every engineer to leverage LLMs and AI tooling as a core part of how they design, build, ship, and operate agentic systems that turn frontier-model capability into mission outcomes.

- You use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) daily and instinctively.
- You prompt-engineer through complex architecture and debug sessions, leverage LLMs across the full development lifecycle, maintain a clear-eyed view of AI limitations in high-security contexts, and stay current with emerging models and tooling.
- Hands-on with modern agent frameworks and SDKs (LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, AutoGen, or similar) and agent evaluation / observability tooling.
- Familiarity with MCP or similar LLM integration frameworks.
- You have a clear-eyed view of AI limitations. You know when to trust AI-generated output and when to verify.

Expectations:

- Own end-to-end delivery of agentic, full-stack systems from first prototype to stable production, embedded alongside defense and intelligence customers.
- Build and deploy ML services leveraging LLMs, embeddings, RAG, and agent orchestration into production environments, including classified and air-gapped ones.
- Work directly with customers to scope problems, sequence delivery, and ship novel AI applications under real-world constraints.
- Codify repeatable patterns into reusable tools and building blocks that help the team ship faster.

Bonus Points:

- Proficiency in infrastructure management (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS).
- Expertise in encryption, authentication, Linux systems administration, DevOps, or SRE.
- Production experience launching agentic services and forward-deployed AI applications that drive operational value at the customer site.
- Experience as a forward-deployed engineer or tech-led delivery role, embedded with mission customers, scoping problems, sequencing delivery, and shipping novel agentic applications under tight constraints
- Experience with federated or privacy-preserving data architectures (such as differential privacy and secure enclaves).

Benefits:

- Healthcare coverage: 100% employee premium and 50% dependents premium coverage of a platinum-level plan.
- 401K with 2% company match.
- Equity in a seed-stage business.
- $500 monthly Physical and Mental Health reimbursement program.
- Flexible PTO policy.
- Competitive salary and equity compensation.
- Opportunity to work on impactful projects in the national security sector.
- Career growth and leadership opportunities in a dynamic, innovative environment.

Benefits:

- Healthcare coverage: 100% employee premium and 50% dependents premium coverage of a platinum-level plan.
- 401K with 2% company match.
- Equity in a seed-stage business.
- $500 monthly Physical and Mental Health reimbursement program.
- Flexible PTO policy.
- Competitive salary and equity compensation.
- Opportunity to work on impactful projects in the national security sector.
- Career growth and leadership opportunities in a dynamic, innovative environment.

## About Adelphi

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Adelphi provides secure, federated data connectivity for intelligence and defense organizations, enabling zero-movement data sharing, AI-powered analysis, and collaboration across siloed, sensitive environments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; raised $7M)
- **Headquarters**: New York, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly disclosed (earliest public mention is August 2025 fundraise announcement)
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (team page indicates a "CEO + Co-founder" and "Board Director and Co-Founder" but names are not included in available materials)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: National security, defense intelligence, secure data infrastructure
- **Target Customers**: B2G – U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense, allied nations, and other classified/mission-critical environments
- **Mission Statement**: "To build technology that allows the Intelligence Community and Defense organizations to truly operate at speed of mission." [adelphi.ai/team](https://www.adelphi.ai/team)

## Products & Services
- **Adelphi Connector (Federated Data Connectivity)**: A modular, permission-based platform that connects to data sources in place – no ETL, no duplication. Enables real-time discovery and query across hundreds of databases, clouds, and air-gapped networks. Integrates with existing analyst workflows. [adelphi.ai](https://www.adelphi.ai/)
- **Privacy-Preserving Clean Rooms**: Controlled, auditable, non-attributable environments for sharing operational data across networks and organizations without moving or exposing raw data. [adelphi.ai](https://www.adelphi.ai/)
- **AI-Powered Data Connectivity**: AI-driven connectors that automatically discover and integrate diverse data sources with minimal setup. Supports MCP and equivalent agentic frameworks for automated intelligence workflows. [adelphi.ai/why-adelphi](https://www.adelphi.ai/why-adelphi)
- **Confidential Computing**: Secure execution environments that keep data encrypted, isolated, and auditable during processing. [adelphi.ai/why-adelphi](https://www.adelphi.ai/why-adelphi)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding $7.1M (Seed round, August 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Led by **Eniac Ventures** (Tim Young). Participants include **Flex Capital**, **Shaper Capital**, **Afore Capital**, **Essence Capital**, **Octave Capital**, plus unnamed angel investors. [adelphi.ai/fundraise-announcement](https://www.adelphi.ai/fundraise-announcement)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 83.3% year-over-year headcount growth (from 7 employees, per LinkedIn) [linkedin.com/company/adelphi-data](https://www.linkedin.com/company/adelphi-data)
  - Raised $7M seed round in August 2025 to accelerate product development and team expansion
  - Active hiring across engineering, product, and customer success roles

## Competitive Advantages
- **Zero Data Movement**: Federated architecture queries data in place, eliminating the security and compliance risks of traditional ETL and data migration.
- **Purpose-Built for Sensitive Environments**: Works across air-gapped networks, hybrid clouds, and compartmented systems with cryptographic trust boundaries and full audit trails.
- **Policy-Driven Access Control**: Permissions, time, and purpose govern data access – data owners retain control without copying data into a central repository.
- **AI-Native Integration**: Connectors support MCP and agentic frameworks, enabling automated discovery and analysis without manual configuration.
- **Domain Expertise**: Team members have deep operational and technical experience inside the national security and intelligence ecosystem, designing solutions that match how analysts actually work. [adelphi.ai/team](https://www.adelphi.ai/team)

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerate product development and scale the platform for broader deployment across U.S. and allied intelligence agencies.
- Expand the team across engineering, product, and customer success to meet growing demand.
- Deepen integrations with existing data sources and workflows, reducing time-to-value for customers.
- Continue to build trust and compliance features (confidential computing, clean rooms) as foundational differentiators.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Impact**: Work on a critical national security problem – enabling secure, fast data sharing across the Intelligence Community and defense organizations.
- **Small, High-Growth Team**: 7 employees with 83% headcount growth in the last year; new hires will have significant ownership and influence.
- **Talent & Culture**: The team includes veterans from heavy regulated industries (Datavant, Reflexive Concepts, Equinix, etc.) who are "re-envisioning how secure data sharing can better unlock intelligence organizations' capabilities." [linkedin.com/company/adelphi-data](https://www.linkedin.com/company/adelphi-data)
- **Work Environment**: Headquarters in New York. Remote/hybrid policy not specified (likely flexible for the right candidates). Roles currently open include Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and Senior Product Manager. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/adelphi-ai](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/adelphi-ai)
- **Technical Focus**: Emphasis on cutting-edge AI, confidential computing, and secure distributed systems – a strong fit for engineers interested in applied cryptography, data infrastructure, and national security technology.

## Sources
1. [adelphi.ai – Home](https://www.adelphi.ai/)
2. [adelphi.ai/team](https://www.adelphi.ai/team)
3. [adelphi.ai/why-adelphi](https://www.adelphi.ai/why-adelphi)
4. [adelphi.ai/fundraise-announcement](https://www.adelphi.ai/fundraise-announcement)
5. [LinkedIn – Adelphi Data](https://www.linkedin.com/company/adelphi-data)
6. [Careers Page – jobs.ashbyhq.com/adelphi-ai](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/adelphi-ai)

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