Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer (TS/SCI)
Maxar Technologies1 month ago
Springfield, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$140k - $206k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and optimize production data pipelines for large-scale or complex datasets.
- Develop and deploy analytics, machine learning models, inference services, and data-intensive applications.
- Perform data modeling, ETL/ELT, data transformation, data quality, and work with analytical or search-oriented data stores.
- Translate ambiguous mission and customer problems into practical data, analytics, and software solutions.
- Build APIs, production services, and analyst-facing applications and tools.
- Collaborate with customers, analysts, software engineers, and technical leadership in a multidisciplinary team.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance and CI polygraph are required.
- U.S. citizenship is required, and the role requires work at a customer site in Northern Virginia.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of related experience in data engineering, data science, machine learning engineering, software engineering, or a combination thereof.
- Strong programming experience with Python, PySpark, and SQL.
- Experience designing, developing, and optimizing production data pipelines and deploying analytics, machine learning, or data-intensive applications and services.
- Preferred experience includes Apache Spark/PySpark, HDFS, Delta Lake, Elasticsearch, GPU/CPU clusters, containerized environments, geospatial analysis, H3 indexing, graph analytics, computer vision, OCR, natural language processing, and large language models.
- Preferred experience includes FastAPI, Django, React, TypeScript, AWS, Azure, OpenStack, Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes, GitLab, Ansible, Java, or equivalent technologies.
Benefits
- 401(k) with company match.
- Mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
- Onsite work at a customer site in Northern Virginia; the application window is three days from posting and remains open until a qualified candidate is identified.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache SparkAWSAzureDjangoDockerElasticsearchFastAPIJavaKubernetesOpenStackPythonReactSQLTypeScript
Categories
Data EngineeringML Engineering
About Maxar Technologies
Maxar Technologies builds and operates commercial Earth‑observation satellites and sells high‑resolution imagery, 3D products, and geospatial analytics to government, defense, and enterprise customers. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, the company was formed in 2017 from the merger of DigitalGlobe and MDA and was acquired by Advent International in 2023; it supplies data for national security, mapping, and disaster response, and licenses imagery through subscription and platform APIs.