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Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Washington, DC
Machine learning engineers take models from notebook to production — building training pipelines, serving infrastructure, and monitoring so ML systems keep working after launch.
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The work Machine Learning Engineers make machine learning and AI models reproducible, deployable, scalable, and supportable. They build the path from training data and experimentation to a versioned model service that ca…
or pure transformer-only architectures, combining rigorous engineering with learning systems proven in globally deployed solutions that deliver... ...time our robots run in the field. What You’ll Get To Do Machine Learni…
Job Description Job Description Job Title: Senior Machine Learning Engineer Location: United States - remote Salary: 150k- 300k+ equity Visa: Not specified Fluency in Chinese/Mandarin is required, so only reach out exclu…
with Extreme! As a global networking leader, learn why there’s no better time to join the Extreme team. Senior Software Engineer (GenAI, ML): Experience: 5+ Years... ...experiences at the cutting edge of Generative AI, M…
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Job Description Job Description The Role We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to bridge the gap between AI research and production-grade flight systems. You will optimize, deploy, and scale machine learning mod…
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here, and we need builders, innovators and problem solvers to help us create it. Who you are We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to play a key role to join our growing team. As a key member of the Advanced…
simulations need to run at a huge scale to cover everything that might happen, and to help prove our driving to be safe. As a Machine Learning Engineer on the Simulation Core Team, you will focus on the intersection of m…
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outputs inside the ads models that consume them in real time. About the role We are looking for an experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design and build the data and ML systems that transform raw user signals…
inspired by technical depth, and ready to build AI that performs where it matters most — you’ll find your mission here. Machine Learning Engineer - US TS/SCI Clearance (DC Metropolitan Area) Virtualitics is trailblazing…
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Job Description Job Description Machine Learning Engineer Washington, DC (Hybrid) About the Role: We are seeking a highly skilled Machine Learning Engineer to join our core AI team. In this role, you will focus on deploy…
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What machine learning engineers earn in Washington
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $54–$75 | $112k–$156k |
| Mid level | $75–$102 | $156k–$212k |
| Senior | $99–$138 | $206k–$288k |
Adjusted for the Washington market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Python and software engineeringPyTorch or TensorFlowML fundamentals and evaluationModel serving and APIsMLOps (tracking, registries, CI)Docker and KubernetesData pipelines and feature storesLLM fine-tuning and RAG (a plus)Monitoring and drift detection
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Walk me through taking a model from prototype to production.
Cover data pipelines, training reproducibility, serving, and monitoring. Emphasize that the model is a small part of the system — that framing is the job.
How do you monitor a model in production?
Discuss input drift, prediction distributions, delayed labels, and business metrics — plus what triggers retraining. Mention that silent degradation is the default failure mode.
How would you reduce inference latency or cost for a large model?
Options include distillation, quantization, batching, caching, and smaller models. Frame it as measuring first, then choosing the cheapest acceptable quality tradeoff.
Tell me about a time a model failed in production. What happened?
A real story about skew, drift, or a data bug — with detection and prevention — is far more convincing than claiming smooth deployments.
How do you evaluate a model beyond accuracy?
Talk about the metric matching the business cost of errors, slicing by segment, and offline-online gaps. Naming a case where accuracy misled is a strong touch.
When would you fine-tune an LLM versus use retrieval or prompting?
Start cheap: prompting, then RAG for knowledge, fine-tuning for behavior and format. Cost and maintenance burden should drive the answer.
How do you make training reproducible?
Version code, data, and config; track experiments; pin environments. This is engineering discipline applied to ML, which is exactly the role.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For machine learning engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Center bullets on production systems: models served, request volume, latency, and the business metric they moved.
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Show software engineering credentials explicitly — testing, CI, code review — since MLE hiring filters hardest on engineering rigor.
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Name the MLOps tooling you have run (MLflow, SageMaker, Kubeflow, vector databases) as these are common screens.
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Include LLM work with specifics — fine-tuning, RAG, evaluation — if you have it; vague 'GenAI experience' claims read poorly.
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Distinguish your role on shared projects: built the serving layer, owned the pipeline, or trained the model.
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