ML Engineer

IQUASAR LLC; Oregon; Híbrido; USD 96.000 - 152.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Descripción de la vacante

iQuasar LLC is seeking an ML Engineer for a contract, full-time remote role based in the United States. The position focuses on developing, training, evaluating, and optimizing machine learning models, with collaboration across data engineering, development, and stakeholder teams to prepare data, deploy models, monitor performance, and drive continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate has strong Python experience, familiarity with ML libraries, Databricks experience, and a proven track record of

Descripción del empleo

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

iQuasar LLC has an exciting opportunity for an ML Engineer to join our growing team. The ML Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing machine learning models and data-driven solutions. Works closely with data engineers, developers, and stakeholders to prepare data, train and evaluate models, integrate ML capabilities, and support model deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

We are seeking an ML Engineer for a contract position.

Position:

• ML Engineer
• Full-time-Remote

Role Specific Duties/ Role Responsibilities:

• Solve highly complex technical problems using Appian and supporting platforms
• Mentor junior developers and conduct peer code reviews
• Design and develop business logic, process models/flows, and UI screens in a BPM-based system
• Provide technical leadership to Agile development teams
• Design architectural frameworks using industry-standard methodologies
• Resolve systems integration issues and present technical material to senior client leadership

Machine Learning Development & Optimization:

• Develop, train, test, and optimize machine learning models to support predictive analytics, classification, and data-driven decision-making.
• Evaluate model performance, accuracy, and reliability to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support the development and enhancement of scalable, reusable ML capabilities.
• Data Engineering & Feature Development
• Support data ingestion, preprocessing, normalization, validation, and feature engineering across multiple data sources.
• Develop data enrichment capabilities to improve model performance and analytical insights.
• Assist in building reusable data pipelines and preparing datasets for model training, evaluation, and inference.

Machine Learning Integration & CI/CD Support

• Integrate ML models with data pipelines, APIs, and application services to support operational use cases.
• Support model packaging, version control, deployment automation, and CI/CD pipeline improvements.
• Assist with deployment, troubleshooting, and production readiness activities across development, test, and production environments.

Testing, Validation & Performance Monitoring

• Develop and execute model testing and validation procedures to assess accuracy, reliability, and performance.
• Monitor model outputs and identify data quality issues, defects, and opportunities for optimization.
• Support ongoing model evaluation, maintenance, and continuous improvement.

Agile Team Collaboration

• Collaborate with data engineers, software developers, architects, and product stakeholders to align ML solutions with business and technical requirements.
• Translate business needs into ML experiments, technical designs, and implementation tasks.
• Contribute to technical planning, solution design, and delivery of new ML capabilities.

Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Document model architecture, experiments, evaluation results, deployment procedures, and technical decisions.
• Maintain technical documentation and implementation guidance to support knowledge transfer and maintainability.
• Share findings, best practices, and lessons learned to improve team effectiveness and consistency.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Equivalent combinations of relevant education, technical training, and professional experience may be considered.
• Experience developing, training, evaluating, and optimizing machine learning models using Python and common ML libraries such as scikit-learn (sklearn), pandas, and NumPy.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks for data processing, model development, experimentation, and ML workflows.
• Experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, data validation, and working with structured and semi-structured datasets.
• Familiarity with ML model deployment, REST APIs, and integration with data pipelines or application services.
• Experience with Git and GitHub for source control, collaboration, and code management.
• Experience developing or maintaining CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, including automated testing, build processes, and deployment pipelines.
• Understanding of ML model evaluation metrics, testing methodologies, and model performance monitoring.
• Experience writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented Python code.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including ML engineers, data engineers, software developers, and product stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively in an Agile team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications or specialized training in machine learning, Databricks, cloud technologies, or MLOps.
• Experience in government contracting, regulated industries, or large enterprises
• Familiarity with identity, access management, data platforms, or enterprise SaaS ecosystems
• Experience working with Jira and Confluence

Additional Requirements as per contract/client (Optional or Preferred):

• Candidates must be a US Citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card status) for 3 years and be Federal Tax compliant.

iQuasar LLC is a proud partner of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) and the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Program, reflecting our strong commitment to supporting military spouses, veterans, and inclusive hiring practices. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital/parental/veteran status, disability, genetic information, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, military service, non-merit factors, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.This is a remote position.