Senior NLP & Machine Learning Engineer

About the role

In this role, you will be at the forefront of automated language processing, tackling complex natural language data from both spoken and written origins. You won't just run off-the-shelf models—you'll architect autonomous tokenization pipelines, build automated part-of-speech annotation solutions, and rigorously score and benchmark model performance against human-annotated baselines.

Required Skills

• Python Expertise: Advanced, production-level proficiency in Python for data manipulation, algorithmic modeling, and NLP tool development.
• Natural Language Processing (NLP): Extensive hands-on experience designing and deploying core NLP workflows, including tokenization, text normalization, and parts-of-speech (POS) tagging.
• Model Evaluation & Scoring: Demonstrated track record of benchmarking machine learning/NLP models, performing error analysis, and measuring accuracy against human-annotated datasets.
• Multi-Modal Language Processing: Practical experience processing diverse natural language datasets originating from both spoken (transcribed) and written sources.

Desired Skills

• AI & Large Language Models (LLMs): Hands-on experience testing, fine-tuning, or integrating modern LLMs and generative AI frameworks into production analytical pipelines.
• Machine Learning & Frameworks: Familiarity with modern ML libraries and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, spaCy, NLTK).
• MDLA & Domain Experience: Prior exposure to Massively Distributed Language Processing Frameworks (MDLA) or specialized language processing architectures.
• AI Testing & Evaluation: Practical experience constructing evaluation testbeds and testing strategies for emerging AI/ML techniques.

About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

Pay, Leave, and Schedule

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click here.
PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!
LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!
SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!