Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Team Lead (Active Secret Clearance)

Striveworks • Austin, TX

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, you will be a core technical contributor and customer-facing leader responsible for initiating the design, development, and delivery of systems, from data shaping and analytics through end-user delivery. You will work with customers and engineers to turn complex problems into working systems and lead them through execution. The role includes field work and direct customer engagement, with customer input informing future product development. The position may be remote or hybrid from Striveworks’ Austin, Texas, office and requires travel up to 25% of the time.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in data science, machine learning, computer science, or a related discipline.
• 10 or more years of relevant experience.
• Proven ability to lead, manage, and mentor cross-functional engineering teams across office, remote, and customer environments.
• Demonstrated experience defining, scoping, planning, and driving execution plans for complex, production-level technical solutions.
• Strong communication skills and a track record of clearly and professionally translating complex technical topics to internal engineering teams and external stakeholders.
• Broad proficiency in programming languages common to machine learning, with excellence in Python and at least one systems programming language.
• Proficiency in designing and delivering algorithms, data structures, and production analytics, and in applying design patterns in cloud environments.
• Expertise in building, training, evaluating, and/or optimizing the deployment of machine learning models.
• Proficiency with modern software engineering tools and processes.
• Active Secret or higher-level U.S. security clearance and U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes and horizontally scaled architectures.
• Knowledge of NATS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar technologies.
• Experience building AI agents and workflows.
• Experience with complex and varied data types.
• Experience delivering technology solutions in secure government environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of technical systems, from data shaping and analytics to end-user delivery.
• Work with customers and engineers to address complex technical problems and deliver working systems through execution.
• Lead, manage, and mentor cross-functional engineering teams across office, remote, and customer environments.
• Define, scope, plan, and drive execution plans for complex, production-level technical solutions.
• Communicate complex technical topics clearly and professionally to internal engineering teams and external stakeholders.
• Engage directly with customers in the field and use their input to shape future work.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• HSA and FSA plans, including dependent care FSA.
• 401(k) plan.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid parental leave.
• Equity grants and cash bonuses as part of the total compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior