Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector

Scale AI · Washington, DC · Public Sector Engineering · listed November 18, 2025

The shape of it

Seniority
Senior
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$225,750 – $282,450 USD
Requirements listed
6
Length
934 words

In the posting’s own words

The goal of a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Scale is to leverage techniques in the fields of generative AI, computer vision, reinforcement learning, and agentic AI to improve Scale's products and customer experience in production environments. Our machine learning engineers take advantage of robust internal infrastructure and unique access to massive datasets to deliver improvements to our customers.

What it asks for · 6

  • Comfortable with light travel (approximately 10%) for customer interaction and team needs
  • Extensive experience with GenAI, Agentic AI, natural language processing, deep learning and deep reinforcement learning, or computer vision in a production environment
  • Strong programing skills in Python, experience in Tensorflow or PyTorch
  • Graduate degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence specialization
  • Experience with computer vision, generative AI models, large language models, or agentic systems
  • Familiarity with ML evaluation frameworks and agentic model design

Also a plus

  • Graduate degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence specialization
  • Experience working with cloud platforms (eg. AWS or GCP) and deploying machine learning models in cloud environments
  • Experience with computer vision, generative AI models, large language models, or agentic systems
  • Familiarity with ML evaluation frameworks and agentic model design

Degree language

  • Graduate degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence specialization

Tools and skills named

Models & research
  • Machine learning10×
  • Computer vision5×
  • LLM4×
  • Reinforcement learning3×
  • Deep learning
  • Fine-tuning
  • NLP
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
Cloud & infra
  • AWS
  • GCP
Languages
  • Python
Security & compliance
  • Security
Ways of working
  • Cross-functional

Words the posting leans on

  • models13×
  • learning12×
  • machine learning7×
  • product7×
  • agentic6×
  • computer vision5×
  • experience5×
  • production5×
  • customer4×
  • reinforcement learning3×
  • agent2×
  • agentic systems2×
  • automate2×
  • building2×
  • cloud2×
  • comfortable2×

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