Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Engineer jobs in United States
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Obviant · 1 month ago

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Engineer

positionArlington
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
money$140K/yr - $200K/yr
date5+ years exp

Obviant is a company focused on building a data source of truth and AI tools for defense acquisition. The AI/ML Engineer will pioneer machine learning solutions that transform how the defense sector processes complex data, developing and deploying production-grade ML models while collaborating closely with data engineers and domain experts.

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Responsibilities

You’ll design and implement models tackling complex, domain-specific challenges in taxonomy extraction/generation, entity resolution, and pattern recognition
Develop multi-class classification systems
Knowledge graph construction and analysis
Work on Natural Language Processing and semantic understanding problems such as topic modeling
Tackle document clustering, classification, and summarization problems
Build and optimize robust data pipelines that process mission-critical information at scale

Qualification

Machine LearningDeep LearningNatural Language ProcessingPythonLarge-scale datasetsML frameworksData pipelinesCollaborative communicationPerseveranceAdaptability

Required

5+ years of experience building and deploying ML models in production environments
Strong background in machine learning and deep learning methodologies
Demonstrated experience in applied research and development
Track record of turning complex requirements into elegant, scalable solutions
Experience with NLP, semantic retrieval, or large language models
Experience working with large-scale datasets and complex data pipelines
Strong programming skills in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn)
Comfortable with the pace and impact of a fast-growing startup

Preferred

Government, govtech, or defense experience is welcome but not required

Benefits

Flexible schedule
Competitive compensation + Sizeable equity
Flexible vacation time
Full health, dental, and vision insurance
And more…

Company

Obviant

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Obviant is a data intelligence platform to simplify defense acquisition & GTM.
dateFounded in 2021
location
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://www.obviant.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$7.16M
Key Investors
Shield Capital
2025-07-02Debt Financing
2025-06-24Seed· $7.16M

Leadership Team

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Brendan Karp
Co-founder & CEO
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Dylan Taylor
Co-Founder
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Recent News

Washington Technology
Defense, tech and growth leadership moves across the market
2025-12-06
Business Wire
Obviant Receives a Prototype OT Funded by DIU to Provide Authoritative Data Source of Truth to Accelerate Capability Delivery to the Warfighter
2025-11-04
FinSMEs
Obviant Raises $7.1M in Funding
2025-06-26
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