The Work: Join a Mission That Matters

Torch.AI is building the AI Control Layer for the United States Government.

Not another dashboard. Not another workflow app. Not another black-box model glued to a PowerPoint.

The AI Control Layer is foundational data and intelligence infrastructure that makes sense of messy, adversarial, multi-domain data at machine speed. Commanders, analysts, and operators can act with clarity when it matters most.

Our platform—ORCUS (data movement), NEXUS (deep semantic vectorization), and HALO (graph-native reasoning)—is accredited, deployed, and operating today across enterprise clouds and tactical edge environments. We support multi-INT fusion, predictive movement analysis, targeting workflows, anomaly detection, and decision support for cross-domain operations including ISR, information advantage, joint effects, and force protection.

We are seeking candidates who want to build systems that operate under real constraints: degraded visibility, adversarial mis/disinformation, intermittent connectivity, low-SWaP hardware, and seconds-to-decision timelines.

This is operational AI.

It ships. It runs. It gets used.

If you’re driven to strengthen U.S. defense readiness and protect national interests, Torch.AI offers meaningful impact at national scale.

What Makes Torch.AI Different

We believe the government must own its data, its decision environment, and its reasoning infrastructure.

Our AI Control Layer increases the value of existing systems of record rather than replacing them. We measure performance by accuracy, latency, and efficiency, not slideware benchmarks.

We are craftsmen.

We build with intention.

We ship with discipline.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, data experts, veterans, and mission practitioners. You’ll own meaningful work, move quickly, and see your systems deployed in production, often within weeks.

We are fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and mission-driven. Every day is a new puzzle.

The Type of Candidates Who Thrive

Torch.AI is not for everyone.

People who succeed here:

• Are builders, not curators. They ship and iterate.
• Are comfortable with messy data, unclear requirements, and real mission constraints without always having the luxury of clear specs.
• Respect operators and prioritize utility over elegance.
• Care about explainability and determinism because real decisions demand auditability.
• Move quickly but understand security boundaries and accreditation realities.
• Measure success by operational impact, not model novelty.

If you need perfect conditions and months of runway, this may not be the right place.

If you want to see your work used in production and feel the weight of that responsibility, we should talk.

Security Clearance

Some roles require an active Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/SCI clearance. Where required, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance level.

U.S. citizenship is required for all positions. Torch.AI does not sponsor employment visas.

If you do not currently hold a clearance but are eligible, sponsorship may be available depending on role and mission requirements.

Work Location

Most roles are based at our headquarters in Leawood, KS. Some hybrid/remote positions across the Arlington, VA, Washington, DC, and Maryland (DMV) region are available. Limited travel (<10%) may be required for some roles.

Compensation, Benefits, Incentives

We offer competitive, performance-aligned compensation tied to technical depth, clearance level, and mission impact.

Total Rewards Include:

• Competitive base salary
• Quarterly performance bonuses
• Equity participation within the first 12 months
• Unlimited PTO + 11 paid company holidays
• Professional development in a high-growth, mission-driven environment
• Weekly in-office catering at HQ

Benefits:

• 401(k) plan (no current employer match)
• PPO, HSA, and TRICARE Supplement medical options
• Above-market HSA contributions
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care FSA options
• Dental and vision plans above national averages
• Employer-paid life insurance (1× salary)
• Employer-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage
• Up to $300/month in tax-advantaged commuter benefits

Torch.AI is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer committed to building a team that reflects the mission we serve.

If you want to build AI systems that move from ingestion to actionable insight, and know exactly why they produced the answer they did, we should talk.

What You’ll Do

Proposal Development & Writing

• Lead development of written responses for:
• Technical volumes
• Management and execution approaches
• Transition, staffing, and past performance sections (as required)
• Translate complex technical and operational concepts into clear, concise, and compelling proposal narratives
• Ensure all content is compliant with solicitation instructions, evaluation criteria, and formatting requirements

Capture & Collaboration

• Work closely with Capture Managers, Solutions Architects, and SMEs to:
• Develop win themes and discriminators
• Storyboard proposal volumes
• Align solution narrative across all sections
• Conduct SME interviews to extract technical detail and shape evaluator-focused responses
• Support clarification questions, EN responses, and proposal revisions

Review & Quality Assurance

• Support Pink, Red, and Gold Team reviews, incorporating feedback efficiently and accurately
• Ensure consistency of tone, terminology, and messaging across volumes
• Identify and resolve gaps, ambiguities, and evaluator risks in proposal drafts

Process Improvement & Reuse

• Contribute to proposal libraries, reusable content, and standard response language
• Capture lessons learned from proposal outcomes to improve future submissions
• Help refine Torch.AI’s capture processes, templates, and writing standards

Core Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
• 3–7+ years of experience writing proposals for U.S. Government solicitations
• Demonstrated success supporting RFIs and RFPs in defense, intelligence, or federal civilian markets
• Strong ability to synthesize technical input from SMEs into evaluator-ready language
• Excellent written communication, editing, and organizational skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and collaborative document tools
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and shifting priorities during capture cycles

Additional Valuable Experience

• Experience supporting Defense, Intelligence, or FEDSIM proposals
• Familiarity with Shipley or similar capture methodologies
• Experience writing for data platforms, AI/ML systems, analytics, or enterprise software
• Prior collaboration with Solutions Architects or Systems Engineers
• Active or prior DoD security clearance