Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Striveworks · Austin, Texas, United States
Posted about 2 months ago · $185,000–$230,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 50 days Striveworks's roles stay open a median of 52 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 96% of Striveworks's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Striveworks
- high 18 stale, 0 reposted of 23 open
- Hiring momentum
- 26 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Striveworks's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Striveworks.
About this role
As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Striveworks, you will work on customer-driven projects and contribute to the company's AI operations platform, Chariot. Your responsibilities will include defining requirements, orchestrating data engineering pipelines, and developing machine learning models across various data types. This role involves direct customer interaction and requires collaboration with data scientists, software engineers, and DevOps engineers.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Striveworks as an employer.
What you need
- BS degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related discipline
- 6+ years relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience delivering data-centric systems
- Proficiency in Python
- Knowledge of TensorFlow, PyTorch, and/or scikit-learn
- Proficiency in software engineering fundamentals including algorithms, data structures, and design patterns
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in data science, machine learning, computer science, or a related discipline
- Knowledge of relevant architectures and design patterns for client-server systems
- Experience implementing and deploying software into containerized or cloud environments
- Experience with a variety of unstructured data types
- Experience delivering technology solutions in secure government environments
What you get
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
- HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans
- 401(k) plan
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
Worth weighing
- Requires active Secret security clearance and US citizenship
- Role involves travel up to 25% of the time
- Focus on government-related AI solutions may limit exposure to commercial applications
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Listed by Striveworks on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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