Expert ML Software Engineer

GRVTY

$150K — $165K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • US Citizen with TS/SCI Clearance and ability to obtain a CI Polygraph
  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field with 8 years of experience
  • Expert in Kubernetes programming and Python
  • Strong backend development skills, including API design and database integration
  • Fundamental understanding of Math & Statistics relevant to machine learning
  • Proficient in MLOps tooling and Kubernetes orchestration for automated ML workflows
  • Expertise in developing various ML algorithms using frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow

Responsibilities

  • Create and train ML models for various applications like classification and regression
  • Build end-to-end ML pipelines from data preprocessing to model evaluation
  • Deploy models as APIs or backend services using frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask
  • Monitor model performance, detect drift, and support model retraining
  • Integrate ML systems with applications, databases, and cloud platforms.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • Support for financial wellness and retirement planning
  • Family assistance programs
  • Opportunities for continued education
  • Paid time off for work-life balance
Full Job Description
What Impact You'll Have

We are searching for a machine learning (ML) engineer in support of our customer in Springfield, VA. This ML Engineering role is onsite and combines software engineering and machine learning expertise. You will design, build, and maintain ML systems that learn from data to automate decision-making, such as predictive models, recommendation engines, or anomaly detection systems.

What You'll be Owning
  • Model Development: Create and train ML models for classification, regression, forecasting, or deep learning
  • Pipeline Design: Build end-to-end ML pipelines for data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation
  • Deployment: Deploy models as APIs or backend services using frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django
  • Monitoring & Maintenance: Track model performance, detect drift, and retrain with new data
  • Integration: Connect ML systems to applications, databases, and cloud platforms.

What You Must Have
  • US Citizen with a TS/SCI Clearance and Ability to obtain a CI Polygraph
  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field of study with 8 years of experience
  • Expert experience understanding of Kubernetes programming - Python is essential; with experience in Git, Linux, and REST APIs
  • Expert experience in Backend Development - API design, database integration, containerization (Docker)
  • Fundamental understanding of Math & Statistics - Linear algebra, probability, and/or calculus for ML theory
  • Experience with MLOps tooling and workflow orchestration - experiment tracking and model registry (MLflow or equivalent), and pipeline orchestration on Kubernetes (Kubeflow, Argo Workflows, or Airflow) - supporting automated retraining, model versioning, and drift detection
  • Expert experience developing ML algorithms - supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, and NLP - with hands-on expertise in at least one major framework (PyTorch or TensorFlow) and the broader Python ML stack (scikit-learn, pandas, NumPy)
  • Expertise in Data Engineering - Data cleaning, feature engineering, preventing data leakage

What Would be Nice to Have
  • Master's Degree in relevant field of study with 6 years of experience
  • Experience serving models for low-latency inference at scale, including LLM serving frameworks (vLLM, TGI, or NVIDIA Triton Inference Server), GPU memory management, and batching/quantization tradeoffs
  • Experience with GPU orchestration and scheduling on Kubernetes in shared or multi-tenant clusters - NVIDIA Run:ai, KAI Scheduler, Kueue, Volcano, or Slurm.
  • Expert experience of Cloud & CI/CD DevOps Pipeline- AWS, Azure, Google Cloud ML services, SageMaker, Vertex AI


Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors-such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.
We're proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

Virginia Pay Range

$150,000-$165,000 USD

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