Machine Learning Engineer – Active Secret Clearance

Striveworks

Machine Learning Engineer building and deploying AI for national security and business challenges. Collaborate on customer-driven projects and extend core software products with data science expertise.

Posted 6/15/2026full-timeTacoma • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $160,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ETLGoJavaPythonPyTorchRustScalaScikit-LearnTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Developing machine learning pipelines and custom analytics that are applied to image, video, text, geospatial, time series, and structured data
Orchestrating and automating complex data engineering and analytic pipelines
Envisioning, specifying, and, at times, designing and implementing core product functionality
Conducting mission-critical fieldwork in support of customers and other stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related discipline and 2+ years of relevant experience
Experience contributing to data-centric systems (e.g., data engineering, data cleaning, ETL pipelines, machine learning, and other production analytics)
Proficiency in software engineering fundamentals to include algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and at least one systems programming language (e.g., Go, Rust, C++, Java, Scala, etc.)
Proficiency in Python and exposure to libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and/or scikit-learn
Exposure to modern software engineering tools and processes (Agile, version control, issue tracking, CI/CD, debugging, etc.)
Active Secret (or above) US security clearance
Due to the nature of this role, candidates must have US citizenship.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningdata engineeringETL pipelinesalgorithmsdata structuresdesign patternsPythonTensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learn

Soft Skills

communicationproblem-solvingcollaborationcritical thinking

Certifications

BS degree in computer scienceActive Secret US security clearance