Expert ML Software Engineer
- Salary
- $150,000 - $165,000
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
What Impact You'll Have
We are searching for a machine learning (ML) engineer in support of our customer in Springfield, VA. This ML Engineering role is onsite and combines software engineering and machine learning expertise. You will design, build, and maintain ML systems that learn from data to automate decision-making, such as predictive models, recommendation engines, or anomaly detection systems.
What You'll be Owning
- Model Development: Create and train ML models for classification, regression, forecasting, or deep learning
- Pipeline Design: Build end-to-end ML pipelines for data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation
- Deployment: Deploy models as APIs or backend services using frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django
- Monitoring & Maintenance: Track model performance, detect drift, and retrain with new data
- Integration: Connect ML systems to applications, databases, and cloud platforms.
What You Must Have
- US Citizen with a TS/SCI Clearance and Ability to obtain a CI Polygraph
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field of study with 8 years of experience
- Expert experience understanding of Kubernetes programming – Python is essential; with experience in Git, Linux, and REST APIs
- Expert experience in Backend Development – API design, database integration, containerization (Docker)
- Fundamental understanding of Math & Statistics – Linear algebra, probability, and/or calculus for ML theory
- Experience with MLOps tooling and workflow orchestration — experiment tracking and model registry (MLflow or equivalent), and pipeline orchestration on Kubernetes (Kubeflow, Argo Workflows, or Airflow) — supporting automated retraining, model versioning, and drift detection
- Expert experience developing ML algorithms — supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, and NLP — with hands-on expertise in at least one major framework (PyTorch or TensorFlow) and the broader Python ML stack (scikit-learn, pandas, NumPy)
- Expertise in Data Engineering – Data cleaning, feature engineering, preventing data leakage
What Would be Nice to Have
- Master’s Degree in relevant field of study with 6 years of experience
- Experience serving models for low-latency inference at scale, including LLM serving frameworks (vLLM, TGI, or NVIDIA Triton Inference Server), GPU memory management, and batching/quantization tradeoffs
- Experience with GPU orchestration and scheduling on Kubernetes in shared or multi-tenant clusters — NVIDIA Run:ai, KAI Scheduler, Kueue, Volcano, or Slurm.
- Expert experience of Cloud & CI/CD DevOps Pipeline– AWS, Azure, Google Cloud ML services, SageMaker, Vertex AI
Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.
We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.
- The pay range for this position is: $150,000 - $165,000
Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.
We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.
Virginia Pay Range
$150,000—$165,000 USD
Why Choose GRVTY
GRVTY's standard text
The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.
We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense—including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.
At GRVTY, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
- Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision
- Health Savings Account with company contribution
- Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k with generous company match
- Training and Development Opportunities
- Award Programs
- Variety of Company Sponsored Events
GRVTY's standard text
EEO Statement
GRVTY, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email recruiting@grvty.com or call 703-544-7930 with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.
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Please review our current job openings and apply for the positions you believe may be a fit. If you are not an immediate fit, we will also keep your resume in our database for future opportunities.
What this role asks for
Standard for data science / ML roles
LLM · Machine Learning · PyTorch · Python
Common in data science / ML postings at any company.
72% of this description is written for the role. The rest is GRVTY's standard text, folded away below.
Read against GRVTY's other open postings on this site.
The team: Space Intelligence HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 24 open in Space Intelligence. 4 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in January: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (15 of 24), Machine Learning (9 of 24), CI/CD (6 of 24), SQL (6 of 24), ETL (5 of 24), GitLab (5 of 24), NumPy (5 of 24)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Data Scientist - Mid (Sensor Technician) posted Oct 6
- Data Scientist - Senior posted Sep 25
- Senior Data Scientist posted Sep 23
- AI/ML Engineer, Senior posted Sep 22
- Geospatial Data Manager posted Sep 15
- Sr. System Administrator posted Sep 15
- Senior Data Scientist posted Jul 28
- Data Scientist - Mid posted Jul 27
- Lead LAN/WAN Engineer posted Jul 22
- Senior VDI Engineer posted Jul 21
- Senior VDI Engineer posted Jul 21
- DevOps Engineer posted Jul 14
- DevOps Engineer posted Jul 14
- Software Engineer, Senior posted Jul 6
- Data Scientist - Senior posted Jun 29
- Data Analyst - Mid posted Jun 29
- Solutions Architect posted Jun 29
- Data Scientist - Senior posted Jun 29
- Data Scientist - Expert posted Jun 29
- Data Manager - Senior posted Jun 29
- Data Scientist – Mid posted May 12
- Software Engineer (Full Stack) - SME posted Mar 26
- Systems Administrator posted Jan 23
From the team and dates on GRVTY's own job board.
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