Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)

In 36 months agentic AI systems will be an operating reality across major institutions. We intend to be central to it. Dr. Jim Rebesco Cofounder and CEO Striveworks

The governments demand for AI is growing far faster than the systems required to support it. Fewer than 15% of federal AI programs have reached sustained production despite billions of dollars invested. The models perform in testing but they degrade in the real world. And when performance drops trust goes with it.

Striveworks was built to solve that problem.

What youll build

Since 2018 we have delivered the most trusted AI systems operating in real-world use casesproviding 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 Machine Learning Engineer you will be a core contributor to both customer-driven projects and the enduring products of the company. Working directly with customers data scientists software engineers and DevOps engineers youll define requirements and orchestrate complex data engineering pipelines. Youll also develop machine learning models and custom analytics applied to image video text geospatial time series and structured data.. Your work will inform the future of Chariot our proprietary AI operations platform. The work extends to the field with mission-critical deployments direct customer contact and insights that shape what we build next.

What its like here

We lead with trust treat each other with respect and use candor consistently kindly and constructively. We care deeply about our work and we find genuine satisfaction in doing it well. Above all we take ownershipbecause we feel the weight of collective results personally. We are looking for people who share these values and are eager to put them into practice.

What were looking for

• A BS degree in computer science machine learning or a related discipline and 6 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience delivering data-centric systems
• Proficiency in programming languages and libraries common to machine learning; excellence in Python is essential as is knowledge of TensorFlow PyTorch and/or scikit-learn
• Proficiency in software engineering fundamentals to include algorithms data structures design patterns and at least one systems programming language
• Proficiency with modern software engineering tools and processes
• Active Secret (or above) US security clearance and US citizenship

The following isnt required but wed 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
• Experience with a variety of unstructured data types
• Experience building AI agents agentic workflows or agentic systems
• Experience defining scoping planning and delivering complex production-level technical solutions
• Experience leading managing or mentoring small cross-functional engineering teams
• Experience delivering technology solutions in secure government environments

You will be hybrid/on site at customer locations at Joint Base LewisMcChord in Tacoma WA. You will be expected to travel up to 25% of the time.

Compensation

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $185000$230000/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 Lets talk.

Striveworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race color religion belief sex (including pregnancy and gender identity or expression) national origin social or ethnic origin political affiliation sexual orientation marital status disability genetic information age membership in an employee organization retaliation parental status military service or other non-merit factors. Striveworks will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.

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