Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Team Lead (Active Secret Clearance)

Highlights

• Build trusted AI systems operating in real-world government use cases.
• Lead design and delivery from data shaping to end-user delivery.
• Sustain hundreds of deployed models with monitoring and drift management.

What they offer

• Competitive base salary with equity grants and cash bonuses
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident and hospital indemnity insurance
• HSA and FSA plans including dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave

Ideal candidate

Customer-focused ML leader with 10+ years building production AI who thrives in the field. You take ownership, lead with trust and candor, and care about mission-driven systems that work beyond the lab.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in data science, machine learning, computer science, or related discipline and 10+ years relevant experience
• Proven ability to lead, manage, and mentor cross-functional engineering teams across office, remote, and customer environments
• Demonstrated experience defining, scoping, planning, and driving execution plans for complex, production-level technical solutions
• Strong communication skills translating complex technical topics for internal teams and external stakeholders
• Broad proficiency in ML programming languages with excellence in Python and at least one systems programming language
• Proficiency in design and delivery of algorithms, data structures, production analytics and design patterns in cloud environments
• Expertise in building, training, evaluation, and/or deployment optimization of ML models
• Proficiency with modern software engineering tools and processes
• Active Secret (or above) US security clearance and US citizenship