Machine Learning Engineer – AI Model Developer, Mid to Senior

Jobtailor; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Fort Belvoir, VA, is seeking an experienced machine learning engineer to design, develop, train, evaluate, and deploy ML models that support mission objectives. You will work closely with Government stakeholders to define AI/ML problems, success metrics, and evaluation criteria, and you will design Model Selection Briefs documenting performance and recommendations.

Additionally, you will integrate Government-provided baseline results into evaluation, design HITL experiments when

Qualifications

• Designed, developed, tested, and evaluated ML models for mission objectives.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to define AI/ML problems and success metrics.
• Integrated human baseline results into model evaluation and performance analyses.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models supporting mission objectives.
• Collaborate with Government stakeholders to define AI/ML problems, success metrics, and evaluation criteria.
• Develop Model Selection Briefs documenting model performance, trade studies, reproducibility artifacts, and technical recommendations.
• Integrate Government-provided human baseline results into model evaluation and performance analysis.
• Design and coordinate HITL baseline experiments when baseline data does not exist.
• Support implementation and operational integration of production-ready machine learning models.
• Collaborate with data engineers to prepare, validate, and optimize datasets for AI/ML workloads.
• Develop backend services and APIs supporting AI-enabled applications.
• Support cloud-native model development, deployment, and lifecycle management within secure environments.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, testing, documentation, and QA activities.
• Work with Government customers and Agile teams to deliver innovative AI solutions meeting mission requirements.

Skills

Machine Learning

Model Evaluation

Data Preparation

Backend Services Development

API Development

Model Selection Briefs

Performance Analysis

Agile Development

Technical Recommendations

Quality Assurance

Top Secret Security Clearance

Collaboration

Communication

Tools

Cloud Environments

AI-Enabled Applications

Job description

• Design, develop, train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models supporting mission objectives.
• Collaborate with Government stakeholders to define AI/ML problems, success metrics, and evaluation criteria.
• Develop Model Selection Briefs documenting model performance, trade studies, reproducibility artifacts, and technical recommendations.
• Integrate Government-provided human baseline results into model evaluation and performance analysis.
• Design and coordinate Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) baseline experiments when baseline data does not exist.
• Support implementation and operational integration of production-ready machine learning models.
• Collaborate with data engineers to prepare, validate, and optimize datasets for AI/ML workloads.
• Develop backend services and APIs supporting AI-enabled applications.
• Support cloud-native model development, deployment, and lifecycle management within secure environments.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, testing, documentation, and quality assurance activities.
• Work closely with Government customers and Agile development teams to deliver innovative AI solutions that meet mission requirements.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing, developing, and deploying machine learning models while collaborating with stakeholders to define AI/ML problems and success metrics. Proficient in integrating human baseline results and supporting cloud-native model development within secure environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Machine Learning Model Development
• AI/ML Problem Definition
• Human-in-the-Loop Experiment Design
• Cloud-Native Model Deployment
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Machine Learning
• Model Evaluation
• Data Preparation
• Backend Services Development
• API Development
• Model Selection Briefs
• Performance Analysis
• Agile Development
• Technical Recommendations
• Quality Assurance

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• Top Secret Security Clearance

Industry Keywords

• Human Baseline Results
• HITL Experiments
• Data Validation
• Dataset Optimization
• Mission Objectives

Tools & Technologies

• Cloud Environments
• AI-Enabled Applications