Senior Machine Learning Engineer ( TS/TS/SCI Clearance)

McLean, VA, US • Posted 23 hours ago • Updated 23 hours ago
Full Time
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Job Details

Skills

  • Venture Capital
  • Videoconferencing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Shipping
  • Adobe AIR
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • Machine Learning (ML)
  • Vector Databases
  • Workflow
  • Security Clearance

Summary

Job Description

Senior/Principal Machine Learning Engineers
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Active U.S. Secret clearance required to be considered for this role
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Working on a high-impact opportunity with a VC-backed start up building AI systems used in real-world national security environments.
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You'll be building and shipping production LLM systems that operate in secure, mission-critical settings.
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What you'll be doing:
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  • Designing and deploying LLM systems (RAG, embeddings, vector search)
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  • Building APIs and backend services for AI-powered applications
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  • Working across the full stack from data pipelines to inference
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  • Shipping systems into secure, sometimes air-gapped environments
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  • Strong backend engineering skills (Python and/or JavaScript)
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  • Experience deploying ML systems into production
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  • Hands-on with LLMs, vector databases, or agentic workflows
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  • Comfortable owning systems end-to-end in a fast-moving environment
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  • Active U.S. Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred)
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  • U.S. Citizenship required
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  • No Sponsorship provided
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Location: Washington DC OR Mclean Virginia
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Excellent Salary+ meaningful equity
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  • Posted 23 hours ago
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