Machine Learning Engineer (Active TS/SCI Clearance)

Striveworks

$140K — $190K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field with 2+ years of experience
  • Proficient in Python and machine learning frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow
  • Strong foundation in software engineering and experience with a systems programming language
  • Experience with data-centric systems and production-level analytics
  • Familiar with modern software engineering tools and practices
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance required

Responsibilities

  • Develop and enhance machine learning models and analytics solutions
  • Collaborate with data scientists and engineers on customer projects
  • Build and maintain complex data engineering pipelines
  • Contribute to the development of Chariot, the company's AI operations platform
  • Directly engage with customers to understand and address their needs
  • Ensure models perform optimally in mission-critical environments

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Voluntary life and disability insurance options
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid parental leave
Full Job Description
What you'll build

Since 2018, we have delivered the most trusted AI systems operating in real-world use cases-providing a layer of assurance underneath hundreds of deployed models that monitors performance, manages drift, and sustains systems long after they leave the lab.

As a Machine Learning Engineer, you will be a core contributor to both customer-driven projects and the enduring products of the company. Working alongside data scientists, software engineers, and DevOps engineers, you'll develop machine learning models, custom analytics, and mission-critical solutions applied to image, video, text, geospatial, time series, structured, and other data. You will orchestrate complex data engineering pipelines in agentic and traditional architectures. Your work will inform the future of Chariot, our proprietary AI operations platform, and your impact will be felt on mission-critical deployments and through direct customer contact.
What we're looking for
  • A BS degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related discipline and 2+ years of relevant experience
  • Proficiency in Python and libraries like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and/or scikit-learn
  • Proficiency in software engineering fundamentals and at least one systems programming language (e.g., Go, Rust, C++, Java, Scala, etc.)
  • Experience contributing to data-centric systems (e.g., data engineering, data cleaning, ETL pipelines, machine learning, and other production analytics)
  • Exposure to modern software engineering tools and processes
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance and US citizenship

The following isn't required, but we'd love to see it:
  • An advanced degree in data science, machine learning, computer science, or a related discipline
  • Knowledge of relevant architectures and design patterns for client-server systems
  • Experience implementing and deploying software into containerized or cloud environments via Docker, K8s, or similar
  • Experience applying machine learning to unstructured data (imagery, video, other) and/or building agentic systems

You will be hybrid/on site at customer locations at Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, VA. You will be expected to travel up to 15% of the time.
Compensation

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $140,000-$190,000/year. Striveworks' total compensation package includes a competitive base salary, equity grants, and cash bonuses.
Benefits include:
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
  • HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans
  • 401(k) plan
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid parental leave

Ready to build systems that work for a mission that matters? Let's talk.

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