CareerPlan

Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer (TS/SCI)

Springfield, VA, USFull-time$140k–$187k2026-10-12 → 2026-11-10
Based in United StatesUnited States citizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer building end-to-end data and machine learning capabilities for Special Operations users.

Role type

Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer

Builds

Scalable data pipelines, production ML models, and analyst-facing applications/tools.

Domain

Defense / Special Operations / Spatial Intelligence

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, PySpark, SQL, data pipeline design, ML model deployment, data modeling, ETL/ELT, geospatial analysis, computer vision, NLP, LLMs, cloud/DevOps (AWS/Azure/Kubernetes), API development

Preferred skills

Distributed data engineering (Spark/HDFS/Delta Lake), GPU/CPU cluster operations, FastAPI/Django/React/TypeScript, OpenStack/Nomad/Ansible

Technologies

Python, PySpark, SQL, Apache Spark, HDFS, Delta Lake, Elasticsearch, AWS, Azure, OpenStack, Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes, GitLab, FastAPI, Django, React, TypeScript, Java

Responsibilities

Ingest and transform large datasets, develop and optimize production data pipelines, design and deploy ML models and services, build analyst-facing applications, expose capabilities via APIs, collaborate with customers and technical leadership

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC