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Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector
$235K–$294K
Denver, CO +3 · Full-time · Posted Nov 18, 2025
- Location
- Denver, CO
Honolulu, HI
Washington, DC
Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Experience
- 2+ years building and deploying applied ML systems in production environments (listed under “Ideally You’d Have”).
About the job
Deploys and improves machine learning systems for mission-critical government applications, spanning agentic language models and computer vision.
What you'll do
- Deploy and maintain production models, including retraining, tuning, and architectural updates.
- Build scalable ML infrastructure and work with large datasets to develop and fine-tune models.
- Collaborate with product and research teams to prototype ML-driven product enhancements.
What they ask for
- Active TS security clearance.
- Strong programming skills in Python.
- Experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch.
Nice to have
- Experience deploying software in on-prem, edge, air-gapped, or other restricted environments.
- Exposure to government or defense work.
Pay
$235,200 — $294,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Tensorflow, PyTorch, LoRA/PEFT
AI focus
Develops and deploys agentic AI systems and computer vision models for government applications, including agent frameworks, retrieval pipelines, evaluation tools, reinforcement learning, and vision foundation models.
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