Software Engineer (Machine Translation)TS/SCI with Poly)

Responsibilities

• Investigate, analyze, and develop AI and machine learning solutions supporting SIGINT and cybersecurity data exploitation.
• Design, build, and evaluate research prototypes for machine translation and NLP-based applications.
• Work with large and complex datasets to develop scalable AI-driven analytical solutions.
• Apply advanced research and development techniques to solve complex AI/ML technical challenges.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of machine translation pipelines and text processing systems.
• Evaluate emerging tools, models, and techniques in machine translation and natural language processing.
• Analyze and improve encoder/decoder transformer architectures and related AI systems.
• Develop and optimize AI/ML workflows and processing pipelines for performance and accuracy.
• Support integration and deployment of AI solutions within secure operational environments.
• Build and maintain containerized applications using Docker for model deployment and testing.
• Collaborate with senior researchers and engineers to refine AI methodologies and solutions.
• Propose enhancements to machine translation systems and end-to-end data processing flows.
• Document research findings, methodologies, and technical implementations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or other STEM field.
• 11+ years of relevant experience in AI, machine learning, data science, or related technical disciplines.
• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) clearance required.
• Strong experience working in research and development environments.
• Hands-on experience with machine learning and machine translation technologies.
• Solid understanding of encoder-decoder transformer architectures.
• Experience with modern text processing pipelines and natural language processing systems.
• Understanding of text embeddings and vector-based representations.
• Knowledge of differences between transformer-based MT systems (e.g., Marian) and large language models.
• Ability to evaluate and compare machine translation architectures and approaches.
• Experience developing AI/ML solutions using Python and C/C++.
• Experience with Docker for containerized development and deployment.
• Ability to propose and implement improvements to AI/ML systems and workflows.

Highly Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in Intelligence Community or SIGINT-focused environments.
• Strong research background in machine translation or natural language processing.
• Experience developing or fine-tuning transformer-based AI models.
• Experience with distributed computing or large-scale model training environments.
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience evaluating emerging AI/ML tools and technologies in production or research settings.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Flexible work schedule to include onsite, hybrid or remote, as dictated by position
• 401(k) and company-funded life insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition and training assistance
• Financial rewards for employee referrals
• Pet insurance
• Employee discount program