Mission-Focused ML Engineer (PyTorch & Data Pipelines)

nou Systems; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Wages

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Federal Holidays

Job summary

nou Systems, Inc. in Colorado Springs is hiring a mid-level Machine Learning Engineer to design, develop, and deploy ML capabilities for defense applications across research, prototype, and operational systems.

The role emphasizes Python, PyTorch, backend components, data pipelines, and collaboration across ML, software, and mission teams. In-office work required at least four days per week, with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, software engineering, data science, or a closely related technical field.
• 3+ years of professional experience in machine learning, data science, or backend software development.
• Hands-on experience developing, training, or evaluating deep learning models using PyTorch.
• Professional experience building backend software, data pipelines, APIs, or system integration components.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, evaluate, and analyze machine learning models using Python and PyTorch, writing modular, maintainable, and testable code.
• Build backend software components that support ML workflows, data processing, model evaluation, and system integration.
• Help identify, prepare, and validate training and evaluation datasets.
• Implement and adapt ML methods from open literature, including supervised learning and deep learning approaches.
• Work in Linux-based, containerized development environments using VS Code Dev Containers, Remote-SSH, Docker/Podman, and contribute to continuous improvement of development processes.
• Use GitLab-based workflows for source control, issue tracking, merge requests, code review, and collaboration.
• Communicate technical results clearly through written documentation, presentations, and team discussions.
• Support multiple project teams and help translate ML concepts into practical engineering solutions.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

Machine Learning

Backend software development

Data science

GitLab workflows

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, software engineering, data science, or a closely related technical field

Tools

Docker

Podman

MLflow

Optuna

PyTorch Lightning

Ray RLlib

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Gymnasium

Job description

nou Systems, Inc. in Colorado Springs is hiring a mid-level Machine Learning Engineer to design, develop, and deploy ML capabilities for defense applications across research, prototype, and operational systems.

The role emphasizes Python, PyTorch, backend components, data pipelines, and collaboration across ML, software, and mission teams. In-office work required at least four days per week, with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.