Senior AI/ML Engineer (Arlington)

Hyper-growth an AI-data aggregation firm in the defense tech and commercial space is looking to bring on a Senior AI/ML Engineer in Arlington, Virginia (hybrid). This position spans: AI/ML infrastructure, NLP, knowledge systems, data engineering, as well as building scalable ML pipelines for deployment at scale. The ideal candidate will have a startup/small team background + mentality owning ML systems end-to-end.Preferred:- Bachelors degree in related field- Background building and deploying ML models into production- Experience with MLOps tools: SageMaker, Bedrock, Kubeflow or similar- Background with NLP, LLM's and semantic retrieval- Strong background with Python and ML frameworks: Tensorflow, PyTorch or similar- Background with cloud platforms(AWS, Azure, and.or GCP)Great to have:- Masters or PHD in related field- Experience with generative and agentic AI frameworks- Experience with cloud based data warehousing tools like Snowflake and Redshift- Experience with experimental design and deep learning- Established research + peer reviewed publications would be a big plus- Active Secret clearance or abovePackage:- Full-time Direct hire with amazing benefits- Education/tuition reimbursement plans- Plethora of healthcare options- Employee retirement matching plans- Yearly bonus plans- Many more