Senior Python ML Engineer — TS/SCI Clearance

Footbridge Federal; Woburn, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Professional development

Job summary

Footbridge Federal is seeking a senior software engineer with active Top Secret clearance to translate complex algorithms into clean Python code and to design experiments using real data. The role emphasizes reproducible research, documentation, and transitioning prototypes into production environments.

The candidate should have a technical bachelor’s degree and 10+ years in software design, development, and documentation, with hands-on ML knowledge and strong Git workflows.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance with TS/SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline with 10+ years in software design, development and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex algorithmic concepts into clean, modular Python code.
• Design experimental plans and evaluate prototype performance with realistic datasets and metrics (latency, accuracy, robustness).
• Maintain versioned releases, write reproducible experiment notebooks, and document software designs.
• Collaborate with technical teams to transition research prototypes into operational environments.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

Software design

Python

Git workflows

ML concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

10+ years software experience

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

NumPy

pandas

SciPy

Conda/virtualenv

Make/CMake

Job description

Footbridge Federal is seeking a senior software engineer with active Top Secret clearance to translate complex algorithms into clean Python code and to design experiments using real data. The role emphasizes reproducible research, documentation, and transitioning prototypes into production environments.

The candidate should have a technical bachelor’s degree and 10+ years in software design, development, and documentation, with hands-on ML knowledge and strong Git workflows.