Senior AI/ML Engineer: NLP, AWS SageMaker & Full-Stack

Erias Ventures, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above market pay

401k with vesting

Spot bonuses

Professional development

Medical coverage

Vision & Dental coverage

Disability & Life Insurance

Wellness reimbursement

Paid time off

Flexible schedules

Birthday off

Internet reimbursement

Equipment allowance

Company events

Annual swag

Job summary

Erias Ventures, LLC in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to build, train, and deploy language models. You will work across the model development lifecycle, collaborate with data scientists and engineers, and apply state-of-the-art NLP techniques within a full-stack context. A Top-Secret/SCI clearance is required (within 7 years); sponsorship is not available.

Two years of ML experience, a B.S. in math/CS, and hands-on AWS SageMaker, TensorFlow/PyTorch are expected.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Language models is required.
• Specific experience with Marian and multilingual model development.
• Experience with Open-Source model libraries, Deep Learning Containers (DLC), GPU technologies and optimization / tuning.
• Strong Java, C, C++ programming experience.
• Strong proficiency in AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Hugging Face.

Responsibilities

• Build, train, and fine-tune machine learning models, particularly language models.
• Apply best practices in model training, tuning, and optimization.
• Design and implement solutions for model performance improvement.
• Conduct rigorous model evaluation, including performance analysis and benchmarking.
• Perform error analysis, debugging, and model diagnostics to ensure quality and reliability.
• Work with cloud-based AI platforms (especially AWS SageMaker) to deploy and scale models.
• Integrate machine learning models into production environments, ensuring seamless integration with other systems.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the full stack for AI model-based applications (front-end and back-end).
• Collaborate with software engineers to build scalable deployment pipelines.
• Work closely with data scientists, product teams, and engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Document workflows, model design processes, and technical specifications.

Skills

Language models

Marian NLP

Open-source libs

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Hugging Face

AWS SageMaker

Lambda / EC2 / S3

Full-stack development

JavaScript

Python

Java

Data structures

Algorithms

Git / MLFlow

Kubernetes

NLP

Model evaluation

System design

Security/compliance

Education

B.S. in math / CS

Tools

Marian

DLC (Deep Learning Containers)

GPU technologies

Job description

Erias Ventures, LLC in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to build, train, and deploy language models. You will work across the model development lifecycle, collaborate with data scientists and engineers, and apply state-of-the-art NLP techniques within a full-stack context. A Top-Secret/SCI clearance is required (within 7 years); sponsorship is not available.

Two years of ML experience, a B.S. in math/CS, and hands-on AWS SageMaker, TensorFlow/PyTorch are expected.