Senior AI/ML Engineer

Senior AI/ML Engineer

Purpose:

• Valkyrie Enterprises has an immediate need for a Senior AI/ML Engineer to support advanced analytics and machine learning initiatives across national security programs.
• The ideal candidate will have experience developing production-grade machine learning systems, distributed data pipelines, and explainable AI solutions for secure mission environments.
• This opportunity is REMOTE .

Job Description:

• Develop and deploy AI/ML models supporting classification, prediction, anomaly detection, and other mission-focused applications.
• Design, build, and maintain distributed data and machine learning pipelines.
• Develop high-performance computing workflows to process and analyze large-scale datasets.
• Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) into secure and governed workflows, including deterministic parsing and schema-driven data extraction.
• Perform geospatial modeling, spatial feature engineering, and geospatial analytics.
• Develop explainable and auditable AI/ML solutions suitable for mission and national security environments.
• Create interactive dashboards, data visualizations, and analytical tools for mission stakeholders.
• Support natural language processing (NLP), translation quality improvement, and workflow automation.
• Collaborate with engineering, analytics, and mission teams to develop and integrate AI/ML capabilities.
• Ensure AI/ML solutions comply with applicable security, governance, accreditation, and customer requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have a Master's degree in Data Analytics or a related technical field and at least 5 years of experience in AI/ML engineering, data science, or a related technical field.

• Must have strong proficiency with Python, PySpark, TensorFlow, SQL, R, and Java.
• Must have experience developing distributed machine learning pipelines and high-performance computing workflows.
• Must have hands-on experience integrating Large Language Models (LLMs), including deterministic parsing and schema-driven extraction.
• Must have experience with geospatial analytics and spatial data.
• Must have experience developing explainable and auditable AI systems for mission environments.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Streamlit, GitLab/GitHub, Jupyter, Tableau, Folium, and Plotly, preferred.
• CompTIA Security+ certification, preferred.

Security Requirement:

• Must have an Active TS//SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph and the ability to maintain it.

Travel Requirements:

• Travel-50%
• If position requires travel by domestic flight or access to secure federal facilities/military bases, candidate must be able to obtain (by start of position) and maintain appropriate identification credentials, such as REAL ID. (More information regarding REAL ID can be found: )

Physical Requirements:

• Job performance will normally require only minor lifting and carrying of boxes of records or equipment. Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds.
• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
• Communicating with others to exchange information.
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

Pre-Employment Requirements:

Any offer of employment with Valkyrie Enterprises is contingent upon the successful completion of all applicable pre-employment requirements. Depending on the position, these may include a criminal background investigation, employment and education verification, pre-employment drug screening, driving record review, security clearance eligibility, government installation access, and any other customer or contract-specific requirements. Failure to successfully meet any required pre-employment condition may result in the withdrawal of the contingent offer of employment.

Valkyrie strictly adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. This policy is based on Valkyrie's commitment to hire and retain qualified employees consistent with position requirements; and to seek, employ, promote and treat all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status or protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition, genetic information or sexual orientation or other protected characteristics.

Additionally, Valkyrie Enterprises provides a variety of benefits to eligible employees to support your best health, wellness, and future, to include medical/dental/vision options, company paid life and disability insurances, 401k with match, education reimbursement, as well as company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Pay Range: $195,000 - $220,000 per year