Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Striveworks · Tacoma, WA
Posted about 2 months ago · $185,000–$230,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 51 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 include defining requirements, developing machine learning models, and orchestrating data engineering pipelines across various data types. You will collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams, and your work will directly impact mission-critical deployments.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- 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 of 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
- An 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 building AI agents, agentic workflows, or agentic systems
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
- Active Secret clearance required, which may limit candidate pool
- Role involves hybrid work and travel up to 25% of the time
- Focus on government projects may involve additional compliance and security considerations
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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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