Top Machine Learning Jobs in Richmond, VA

Leads engineering teams delivering scalable AI and machine learning solutions on Google Cloud. Oversees generative AI architecture, Vertex AI, LangChain, LangGraph, LLM APIs, RAG, experimentation, evaluation, guardrails, and LLMOps. Guides technical strategy, client alignment, delivery execution, and team development while applying Python, data science, and machine learning methods to build reliable AI products.

Leads Google Cloud AI and machine learning engineering teams and client workstreams. Oversees generative AI, LLM application, agent orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, model evaluation, prompt engineering, guardrails, and LLMOps initiatives. Reviews architecture, code quality, testing, and solution delivery using Vertex AI, LangChain, LangGraph, Python, and LLM APIs. Coaches team members, improves reusable delivery assets, and manages client relationships, timelines, quality, and expectations.

Leads client-focused generative AI and data modernization architecture, translating business needs into scalable solutions using Google Cloud, Vertex AI, LLMs, vector databases, and modern data platforms. Advises stakeholders, develops AI evaluation and guardrail practices, guides experimentation and deployment, presents technical recommendations, supports proposals, and coaches teams through complex transformation programs.

Develop and deploy production machine learning models and infrastructure at scale. Responsibilities include model development, data pipeline construction, cloud and Kubernetes operations, distributed data processing, CI/CD automation, model monitoring and retraining, responsible AI governance, and collaboration with product and data science teams. The role requires strong programming, machine learning, distributed systems, and production deployment expertise.

Designs, builds, deploys, and maintains production machine learning models and infrastructure. Responsibilities include developing ML applications, optimizing models and data pipelines, operating distributed systems and cloud-based platforms, automating testing and deployment, monitoring production models, and applying responsible AI, governance, and security practices. The role collaborates with Product, Data Science, and Agile engineering teams to deliver scalable ML solutions.

Build and lead full-stack software engineering initiatives using distributed microservices, cloud platforms, APIs, databases, and modern front-end technologies. Provide technical leadership across Agile teams, establish engineering standards, mentor developers, partner with architects and product managers, reduce technical debt, improve system performance, and influence long-term technology strategy. The role emphasizes AWS and other cloud technologies, open-source frameworks, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and AI-assisted development tools.

Leads data science for enterprise agentic AI products, developing and deploying machine learning models, designing experiments, analyzing telemetry, and translating findings into business strategy. Partners with data scientists, AI/ML engineers, and product managers while guiding large-scale analysis across numeric and textual data. The role also requires technical leadership, stakeholder communication, innovation, talent development, and expertise in statistical modeling, deep learning, and cloud-based data science.

Leads technology risk assessments and mitigation initiatives across enterprise services, including cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, data, resilience, and third-party functions. Advises stakeholders on risk management frameworks, regulatory changes, controls, process improvements, and emerging risks. Manages multiple projects, facilitates assessments, communicates outcomes to senior leadership, and drives operational efficiency and risk reduction.

Leads strategic HR partnership for Capital One’s Applied AI and technology organizations. Responsibilities include organizational design, talent and workforce planning, succession planning, recruiting and retention strategy, executive coaching, job architecture, human capital risk mitigation, and scaling an AI organization from 800 to 1,200 employees. The role partners with senior leaders and HR functions to develop talent strategies, manage scarce AI/ML talent, support enterprise HR initiatives, and drive organizational effectiveness.

Manages strategic dealership client relationships, trains customers on the UVeye platform, drives adoption and ROI, analyzes account performance, identifies optimization and expansion opportunities, and supports customers throughout the lifecycle. The role requires automotive SaaS and dealership experience, strong account management, organization, commercial awareness, and approximately 50% travel for regular on-site dealership work.

Leads enterprise data science initiatives for agentic AI products, including AI/ML model development, experimentation, telemetry analysis, and strategic recommendations for senior leadership. Partners with data scientists, engineers, and product managers while translating complex statistical insights into business outcomes. Requires extensive experience in quantitative analytics, large-scale data analysis, production AI/ML deployment, A/B testing, and team leadership.

Build scalable systems and machine learning models that transform satellite imagery into labeled geospatial data and production computer vision products. Responsibilities include developing data and annotation pipelines, tracking lineage and versioning, deploying inference services, evaluating models, supporting cloud infrastructure, and improving labeling workflows. The role requires strong Python, cloud, containerization, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, production support, and deep learning expertise, with preferred experience in GCP, Vertex AI, spatial databases, and satellite imagery.

Own and scale Jellyfish’s security engineering program, including strategy, architecture, secure SDLC governance, AI security, threat modeling, vulnerability remediation, incident response, penetration testing, and bug bounty programs. The role combines hands-on software development with executive advising, cross-functional leadership, mentorship, and security risk management across SaaS infrastructure and customer-facing AI products.

Drive product and business impact through statistical modeling, experiment design, Bayesian marketing analysis, machine learning, NLP, LLM applications, and classifier implementation. Build growth metrics, monitoring pipelines, evaluation datasets, and AI trigger systems across search and Duck.ai. Analyze privacy-constrained data, deploy production-grade models, optimize SQL queries, and lead complex projects from scoping through production with minimal direction.

Designs, develops, tests, validates, and deploys AI/ML models across generative AI, classification, prediction, computer vision, NLP, and reinforcement learning. Builds data and model-training pipelines, leverages cloud platforms, evaluates model performance, documents methodologies, collaborates with technical teams, and guides prototype-to-production transitions. Requires five years of relevant experience and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Own the strategy, roadmap, requirements, launch, adoption, and success metrics for a technical platform. Partner with engineering, data, product, and business teams; evaluate architecture, APIs, and system tradeoffs; prioritize foundational investments against customer and revenue outcomes; and apply AI to improve platform capabilities. The role requires strong product management experience, technical depth, analytical skills, and production experience with LLM-based or ML-adjacent products.

Provides technical leadership for architecture and evolution of large-scale distributed data platforms supporting Azure network telemetry. Designs streaming and batch systems, establishes reusable engineering patterns, drives cross-team technical strategy, and owns capabilities from design through production operations. Ensures scalability, reliability, security, performance, data quality, and operational excellence while mentoring engineers and influencing technical leaders. The role also involves architectural reviews, dependency management, risk reduction, and applying AI or machine learning approaches to operational systems.

Build and deploy machine learning models for risk and fraud detection. Lead technical efforts in the risk and fraud domain, use SQL and Python for data preparation and production code, design statistically sound experiments, evaluate model performance, and partner with Operations to respond to evolving financial threats.

Conducts econometric, causal, statistical, and optimization analyses to improve operational efficiency, resource allocation, product performance, and business outcomes. The role defines efficiency measures, develops forecasting and optimization tools, partners with product and engineering teams on data instrumentation and implementation, and communicates findings to executives through clear reports.

Drive enterprise SaaS sales from prospecting through close, expanding adoption among strategic accounts. Engage business and technical decision-makers, including C-suite stakeholders, to address fraud challenges using Sift’s machine learning platform. Build consultative business cases, articulate platform differentiation, collaborate cross-functionally, and help shape sales strategy and growth. Requires strong organizational skills, adaptability, and experience managing complex B2B sales cycles.

Onboard new customers, support product deployment, and create playbooks for customer success and new-hire training. The role works closely with the CEO and CSO at a climate technology startup, addressing ambiguous problems and developing innovative solutions for agriculture and energy customers. Experience in customer success or product management is required; agriculture, SaaS, and early-stage startup experience are preferred.

Designs, builds, and evaluates complete AI systems for Pearson’s K-12 assessment platform. Responsibilities include predictive machine learning, statistical methods, retrieval, knowledge graphs, generative and agentic AI, deterministic services, human review, and system integration. The role develops evaluation datasets and regression suites, analyzes failure modes, supports model adaptation, monitors deployed systems, and collaborates with engineers, psychometricians, learning scientists, and content experts to create transparent, reliable, and auditable AI capabilities.

Develops data visualization, analytics, machine learning, and automation solutions for coherent optical product manufacturing. Mines wafer-to-module datasets to identify yield drivers, failure signatures, anomalies, correlations, and process drift. Builds and evaluates ML algorithms for yield prediction and root-cause analysis, performs statistical analysis, and automates engineering workflows using GenAI. Collaborates with R&D, manufacturing, and AI/ML teams to optimize product performance and communicate findings to technical audiences.

Researches, designs, develops, trains, and deploys computer vision and machine learning models. Builds and maintains ML software, testing and validation processes, and documentation. Applies image and video processing, deep learning, and computer vision techniques across edge and cloud-based platforms while improving existing applications and performance.

Leads advanced data science and AI initiatives supporting global workplace rankings and research. Develops and maintains statistical models, algorithms, data workflows, benchmarks, and automation for complex survey and organizational data. Translates business methodology into technical requirements, improves production processes, ensures data quality and solution reliability, and manages analytical products through their lifecycle. Collaborates with technical and business stakeholders, modernizes legacy processes, documents controls, and communicates risks, tradeoffs, and technical concepts clearly.