Senior Data Scientist (Active Secret Clearance)

Striveworks delivers trusted AI systems for real-world government use cases. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be a core contributor to projects, products, and direction of the company. You’ll develop and validate machine learning models and custom analytic algorithms applied to image, video, text, geospatial, time series, and structured data, implement AI-based software solutions for cloud and edge environments, and work at the customer site at Schofield Barracks, conducting mission-critical fieldwork and traveling internationally when the mission calls for it.

Responsibilities

Develop and validate machine learning models and custom analytic algorithms applied to image, video, text, geospatial, time series, and structured data; Implement AI-based software solutions for cloud and edge environments; Conduct mission-critical fieldwork at customer sites at Schofield Barracks; Travel up to 30% of the time, including some international travel

Requirements

A BS degree in computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or a related discipline and 6+ years of relevant experience; Proficiency in machine learning and data science techniques, with experience applying them to text data; Proficiency in implementing and analyzing data structures and algorithms; Proficiency in programming languages and libraries common to machine learning; excellence in Python is essential, as is knowledge of libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and/or scikit-learn; Experience developing anomaly detection algorithms for AI systems, models, data, and workflows; Exposure to software development life cycle and tools; Active Secret (or above) US security clearance and US citizenship

Nice to have

An advanced degree in computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or a related discipline; Experience deploying machine learning and data science solutions to production environments; Exposure to DevOps and cloud infrastructure (e.g., Docker, K8s, and CI/CD); Experience processing unstructured data types (e.g., imagery, full-motion video, text, acoustic, sonar, RF, geospatial, graphs, telemetry signals); Experience building AI agents and agentic workflows; Experience implementing ETL pipelines, data pipelines, and/or workflow automation; Experience developing software in a compiled programming language (e.g., Go, Rust, C++, Java, etc.); Experience building full-stack applications (i.e., back end, front end, REST); Experience working with federal, state, and/or local government customers

Benefits

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; Equity grants; Cash bonuses