About the Team
Here at BTI360, we’ve built a culture that’s passionate about developing software engineers. Software doesn't build itself. People do. In fact, teams of people do. That's why our primary focus is on developing better craftsmen, better teammates, and better technical leaders. By putting people first, we're not just giving our teammates more opportunities to grow, we're also raising the bar of the software we ship. BTI360 previously has been voted 10 years in a row as a TOP Place to Work by the Washington Business Journal.
BTI360 is a data discovery company, using AI/ML to transform proprietary data into actionable insights that directly support our customer's mission. We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with the expertise, creativity, and leadership to drive innovative solutions that apply advanced AI techniques to solve complex problems. This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact by leveraging cutting-edge technology, data, and a deep understanding of mission-driven challenges.
In this role, you will:
- Lead the design and development of AI/ML solutions to extract insights from complex unstructured and semi-structured data sets.
- Prototype and evaluate AI-driven capabilities to assess technical feasibility for deployment in production environments.
- Apply data correlation techniques to analyze streams of data discussing similar topics, identifying contradictions, and developing systems that make sense of the reality behind conflicting information.
- Work on automating reporting workflows that provide mission stakeholders with greater awareness of underlying data holdings and turn them into actionable mission capabilities.
- Observe and analyze customer behaviors and workflows to understand their mission objectives, identifying opportunities where AI/ML can improve efficiency, quality, or mission outcomes.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, engineers, and mission experts to align technology solutions with customer objectives.
You might thrive in this role if you have the following skills:
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Bachelors degree and 7+ years experience building, deploying, and maintaining ML models; or 5+ years with an advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
- Experience in leading AI/ML initiatives, including designing AI-driven capabilities that scale to production environments.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and staying up to date on AI/ML advancements through research, whitepapers, courses, and experimentation.
- Have proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent.
- Have familiarity with natural language processing (NLP), deep learning techniques, and large language models (LLMs).
- Have experience with AI/ML techniques like prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and mitigating hallucination in models.
- Have ability to rapidly prototype and evaluate solutions to meet customer needs in different contexts and domains.
You may excel in this role if you have also these skills:
- Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure).
- Familiarity with MLOps, including the deployment, monitoring, and scaling of ML models in production.
- Experience with writing technical solution proposals for government or enterprise customers.
- Experience with technical speaking engagements and communicating complex AI/ML concepts through white papers, presentations, and conferences.
- Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in a relevant field (e.g., Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science).
- Experience working in an Agile environment.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, CodePipeline), and version control (Git).
BTI360 benefits for full-time teammates
- Fully paid healthcare premiums
- Competitive salaries and performance bonuses
- Career development and in-house training
- Continuing Education: $5,250.00 annually towards education
- Up to 5 weeks PTO plus 2 weeks of federal holidays
- 401K dollar for dollar matching up to 6% annually - vested immediately on day 1
- Giving Back: Serving communities locally and across the globe
- Social Events (happy hours, golf tournament, BTI360 Family Festival and more)
Commitment to Fairness and Inclusion
At BTI360, we believe that unlocking the potential of others is not just a mission—it's the heart of our culture. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every individual can grow each day, lead with humility, and do the right thing. Our core values guide us in developing software that makes a difference, primarily serving national security customers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. We celebrate fairness and are dedicated to creating an environment of mutual respect and inclusion where everyone can bring their true selves to work.
Join us in a workplace where your contributions are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your potential is unlocked. Together, we develop great software fast and deliver exceptional solutions for our customers.
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What We Do
BTI360 is a software development company based in the Washington DC area that provides big data software solutions to clients in the federal government. Over the past decade, we have optimized our craft around niche areas in Distributed Search, Machine Learning, and Cloud Engineering. Our solutions help mission users spend less time combing through content and more time developing insights.
BTI360 offers a tight knit, open culture focused on developing our team. From the beginning our founders believed that if you invest in great people, great things will happen. We regularly invest in developing our team's technical and leadership skills through a blend of code katas, targeted trainings, and conferences.
Our philosophy is simple: attract the best engineers, invest in their growth, and empower them to lead ideas that make a lasting impact.
