Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Company Overview:

Pantheon Data (previously known as The Kenific Group, Inc. prior to 2023) is a private, small business based in the Washington, DC area. Pantheon Data was founded in 2011, initially providing acquisition and supply chain management services to the US Coast Guard. Pantheon Data has expanded service offerings to other agencies within the DHS, the DoD, and the USPS, and to commercial clients.

Our offerings include infrastructure resiliency, contact center operations, information technology, software engineering, program management, strategic communications, engineering, and cybersecurity.

We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer who is an expert in Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs), and other deep learning models. The candidate should have experience blending these tools in an Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) solution. The role requires technical proficiency with these ML tools and a proven track record engineering software solutions to process and analyze unstructured data.

The candidate should communicate clearly with engineers as well as less technical team members (e.g., project managers, customers, executive teams).

• Inform product decisions by leveraging technical knowledge of IDP/Generative AI solution architectures and best practices.
• Propose forward-thinking ideas in support of data-centric product development.
• Develop code for IDP use cases using preferred programming languages to support client requirements.
• Utilize LLMs and other Generative AI/Deep Learning algorithms to provide unique solutions for clients.
• Contribute to interdisciplinary solutions that combine data engineering and AI/ML to integrate predictive models.
• Work within a growing engineering team to support software and systems solutions across customers and projects.
• Collaborate with Engineering Team Leads and team members to design and develop solutions that exceed customer expectations.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of professional, hands-on experience in a Machine Learning engineering role (IDP-related).
• Proficiency in Intelligent Document Processing (including OCR/NLP algorithms), Generative AI and Deep Learning algorithms, and related technologies, programming languages, and system architectures.
• Well-rounded and willing to learn and contribute meaningfully across all technical areas of our project.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact clearly and succinctly in written and oral presentations.
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and organized.

• AWS and/or Microsoft Azure; certifications are a plus.
• Working knowledge of Agile Scrum methodology.
• JIRA/Confluence.
• SQL, C#.
• Relational and non-relational databases such as Mongo
  
  DB, Python.
• Experience in Docker, CI/CD automation is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior developers.

U.S. citizenship required – must be able to obtain DoD Secret Clearance.

Remote

The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $180,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation; salary will be set based on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Pantheon Data is committed to providing its employees with competitive salaries and benefits to increase employee satisfaction and productivity. Details may include Smart Benefits through the Washington Metro Area Transportation Authority for pre-tax wage allocations to the Smar Trip account. Tuition assistance may be available for continuing education and certifications related to the position. Additional details may be found at Pantheon Data careers site.

Pantheon Data is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. Equal opportunity legal notices can be viewed in the Know Your Rights:
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