Job Summary:
The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing startup in the nuclear and energy space creating a never before seen fleet-scale approach to building nuclear reactors. They are hiring an AI Engineer 1 to help build and run the backend, data, and integration layers for their software platform, NOS, which supports one of the largest nuclear buildouts in the United States.
Responsibilities:
• Help build and maintain the application and data integrations that connect NOS to internal systems, partner APIs, and external data sources, working from well-scoped tickets under senior review.
• Take ownership of scoped CI/CD and release tasks that keep NOS builds repeatable, tested, and traceable.
• Do basic backend and DevOps work: build and fix backend services, write tests, and handle routine platform monitoring and maintenance.
• Ramp on Palantir Foundry, the data ontology, and the MCP interfaces that let AI agents work against NOS data and start contributing to them.
• Partner with the Platform Engineer, data scientists, AI/ML engineers, and product engineers, and grow from paired work toward independent delivery.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Computer science degree or equivalent, with 0-2 years of professional experience (internships, co-ops, and project work count).
• Strong fundamentals in at least one backend language (Python and/or TypeScript preferred; Go or Java also welcome).
• Some hands-on exposure to basic DevOps and backend work: CI/CD, version control, REST APIs, or wiring systems together, from an internship, a job, or a personal project.
• Has built something with AI beyond using a chat assistant: multi-step prompts, custom tools, AI in the codebase, or a small agentic project.
• Good written and verbal communication, and willingness to learn the nuclear and regulated-industry context.
Preferred:
• Exposure to a major cloud (AWS preferred), including coursework or personal projects.
• Coursework or project work in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, or configuration management.
• Coursework or project work in LLMs, agentic systems, or data modeling.
• Familiarity with Palantir Foundry, Databricks, or Snowflake.
• Internship or project work in a regulated or mega-project industry (nuclear, aerospace, defense, energy, medical).
Company:
The Nuclear Company enables the deployment of nuclear power plants at fleet-scale by integrating government and industry partners. Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Lexington, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.