Senior Data Scientist (Active Secret Clearance)

Striveworks

$220K — $270K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or a related field with 6+ years of experience
  • Strong machine learning and data science expertise applied to text data
  • Expertise in data structures and algorithms analysis
  • Proficient in Python and frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn
  • Experience developing anomaly detection algorithms
  • Familiarity with software development life cycle and tools
  • Active Secret (or above) US security clearance and US citizenship

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with a diverse team of engineers to enhance AI systems
  • Develop and validate machine learning models for various data types
  • Implement AI solutions for cloud and edge environments
  • Conduct fieldwork directly at customer sites and potentially travel internationally
  • Monitor performance, manage drift, and sustain deployed AI systems

Benefits

  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
  • HSA and FSA plans
  • 401(k) plan
  • Unlimited 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 Senior Data Scientist at Striveworks, you will be a core contributor to the projects, products, and direction of the company. Working as part of a team of data scientists, machine learning engineers, software engineers, and DevOps engineers, you'll develop and validate machine learning models and custom analytic algorithms applied to image, video, text, geospatial, time series, and structured data. You will also implement AI-based software solutions for cloud and edge environments. This role puts you directly at the customer site at Schofield Barracks, conducting mission-critical fieldwork and traveling internationally when the mission calls for it.
What we're looking for
  • A BS degree in computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or a related discipline and 6+ years of relevant experience
  • Proficiency in machine learning and data science techniques, with experience applying them to text data
  • Proficiency in implementing and analyzing data structures and algorithms
  • Proficiency in programming languages and libraries common to machine learning; excellence in Python is essential, as is knowledge of libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and/or scikit-learn
  • Experience developing anomaly detection algorithms for AI systems, models, data, and workflows
  • Exposure to software development life cycle and tools
  • Active Secret (or above) US security clearance and US citizenship

The following isn't required, but we'd love to see it:
  • An advanced degree in computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or a related discipline
  • Experience deploying machine learning and data science solutions to production environments
  • Exposure to DevOps and cloud infrastructure (e.g., Docker, K8s, and CI/CD)
  • Experience processing unstructured data types (e.g., imagery, full-motion video, text, acoustic, sonar, RF, geospatial, graphs, telemetry signals
  • Experience building AI agents and agentic workflows
  • Experience implementing ETL pipelines, data pipelines, and/or workflow automation
  • Experience developing software in a compiled programming language (e.g., Go, Rust, C++, Java, etc.)
  • Experience building full-stack applications (i.e., back end, front end, REST)
  • Experience working with federal, state, and/or local government customers

This position offers a hybrid/on-site work environment at customer sites at Schofield Barracks in Oߵahu, Hawaiߵi. You will be expected to travel up to 30% of the time, including some international travel.
Compensation

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $220,000-$270,000/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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