Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Nyla Technology Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 152,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nyla FLEX

Annual leave benefits

401k matching

Professional development

Job summary

Nyla Technology Solutions seeks a senior NLP/ML engineer to push the boundaries of automated language processing for high‑stakes missions. You will design autonomous tokenization pipelines, POS annotation, and model evaluation against human baselines, using cutting-edge AI/LLM tooling.

Required are advanced Python/NLP skills and 7+ years of relevant experience, with a Bachelor’s degree (or 5+ years with a Master’s) in a technical field. A TS/SCI polygraph clearance is required for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in a technical field plus significant domain experience.
• Strong Python and NLP toolkit experience required.
• Education path can be substituted by extensive relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop NLP pipelines and tooling for tokenization, POS tagging, and normalization.
• Benchmark model performance against human baselines and document results.
• Collaborate to deploy ML solutions at scale for mission-critical tasks.

Skills

Python Expertise

NLP design & deployment

Model evaluation & scoring

Multimodal language processing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science/CS/Computational Linguistics/Math

Master's Degree in related field

High School Diploma / GED

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

spaCy

NLTK

Job description

Job Description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

Ready to push the boundaries of natural language processing and AI? In this role, you will be at the forefront of automated language processing, tackling complex natural language data from both spoken and written origins. You won't just run off-the-shelf models—you’ll architect autonomous tokenization pipelines, build automated part-of-speech annotation solutions, and rigorously score and benchmark model performance against human-annotated baselines. If you thrive on pushing the boundaries of NLP, fine-tuning machine learning models, and bringing cutting-edge AI/LLM capabilities to high-stakes missions, you’ll fit right in with Team Nyla.

Job Description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

Ready to push the boundaries of natural language processing and AI? In this role, you will be at the forefront of automated language processing, tackling complex natural language data from both spoken and written origins. You won't just run off-the-shelf models—you’ll architect autonomous tokenization pipelines, build automated part-of-speech annotation solutions, and rigorously score and benchmark model performance against human-annotated baselines. If you thrive on pushing the boundaries of NLP, fine-tuning machine learning models, and bringing cutting-edge AI/LLM capabilities to high-stakes missions, you’ll fit right in with Team Nyla.

The annual base salary range for this role is $152,000-$180,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

,

Required Skills

• Python Expertise: Advanced, production-level proficiency in Python for data manipulation, algorithmic modeling, and NLP tool development.
• Natural Language Processing (NLP): Extensive hands-on experience designing and deploying core NLP workflows, including tokenization, text normalization, and parts-of-speech (POS) tagging.
• Model Evaluation & Scoring: Demonstrated track record of benchmarking machine learning/NLP models, performing error analysis, and measuring accuracy against human-annotated datasets.
• Multi-Modal Language Processing: Practical experience processing diverse natural language datasets originating from both spoken (transcribed) and written sources.
  
  

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 7+ years of professional experience in data science, NLP, or software engineering OR Master’s Degree in a related field, PLUS 5+ years of relevant professional experience OR High School Diploma / GED, PLUS 11+ years of specialized technical experience in lieu of a degree.

,

Desired Skills

AI & Large Language Models (LLMs): Hands-on experience testing, fine-tuning, or integrating modern LLMs and generative AI frameworks into production analytical pipelines.

Machine Learning & Frameworks: Familiarity with modern ML libraries and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, spaCy, NLTK).

MDLA & Domain Experience: Prior exposure to Massively Distributed Language Processing Frameworks (MDLA) or specialized language processing architectures.

AI Testing & Evaluation: Practical experience constructing evaluation testbeds and testing strategies for emerging AI/ML techniques.

,

About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team,

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule.

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS? Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click here.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.