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Responsibilities
Empower AI: The Machine Learning Engineer will design, build, and integrate high quality solutions using Machine Learning techniques. In assuming this position, you will be a critical contributor to meeting Empower AI's mission: To deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions and services that enable our customers to rapidly adapt to dynamic environments.
Design, build, and integrate high quality solutions using machine learning techniquesWork with a variety of different types, sources, and volumes of data by scraping, cleaning, extracting, and providing assessment to guide a viable machine learning solution Adapt open-source projects, implement research papers, and develop novel solutions to solve diverse business problems Being able to adapt and deal with various constraints such as varied data quality, security constraints, hardware limitations, and other resource limitationsStaying current with state-of-the art techniques in machine learning from newly published research papersEffectively communicate realistic goals and status to varied stakeholders including internal and external customers Work with cross functional teams to integrate ML solutions within existing or in progress applicationsLead or participate in project development during all steps of the Software Development Lifecycle, including client requirement definition, architecture design, production deployment, and maintenance activitiesProvide support for pilot projects and proof of concepts with accelerated timelines while working closely with solutions architects and professional services teamsWork in a remote environment autonomously with minimal oversight QualificationsRequirements:
Technical experience in Machine Learning Engineering/Data Science or Software Development with recent coursework in ML/DSExperience building and deploying Machine Learning Models trained on real data ideally deployed in a production environmentExperience with structured and unstructured datasetsStrong individual contributor who can operate autonomously within all stages of development lifecycle on cross functional teams or as a sole contributor Comfortable working in at least one Python ML framework ideally both PyTorch and TensorflowComfortable using version controlSecret or ability to obtain a Secret clearanceBS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field10-15 years experience
Preferred Education and Experience:
Deep knowledge of modern NLP techniques, frameworks, and architectures like transformersExperience with computer vision machine learning techniquesUnderstanding of or experience in implementing deep neural networksExperience with distributed trainingFamiliar with semi-supervised techniquesExperience with reinforcement learning techniquesVaried deployment experience Experience developing APIsComfortable working with databasesExperience gathering and curating datasetsExperience monitoring models in productionStrong software development skillset Experience generating synthetic data About Empower AIIt is the policy of Empower AI to provide equal opportunity in recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting individuals in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected class or category as may be defined by federal, state, or local laws or regulations. In addition, we affirm that all compensation, benefits, company-sponsored training, educational assistance, social, and recreational programs are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It is our firm intent to support equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in keeping with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
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