Top Senior Machine Learning Jobs in Washington, DC

Leads AI engineering initiatives for tax technology, designing and deploying machine learning solutions using Python, deep learning, and NLP. Builds data pipelines, validates models, guides experimentation, and translates tax business needs into scalable production systems. Oversees complex workstreams, directs cross-functional teams, presents technical recommendations, coaches team members, and ensures solutions meet technical, client-service, policy, and responsible AI standards.

Lead go-to-market execution for Samsara’s AI products as an enterprise overlay seller. Partner with account executives and account development representatives to develop pipeline, architect complex deals, run high-touch pilots, demonstrate customer ROI, and support early adoption. Collaborate with product and go-to-market teams to shape the roadmap while creating scalable sales frameworks. The role requires complex full-cycle sales experience, AI commercial-model expertise, quota overachievement, and success navigating large, multi-stakeholder enterprise transactions.

Leads the development and deployment of data solutions using Palantir Foundry and AIP. Manages engineering teams, coaches team members, oversees project planning and execution, analyzes system interactions, manages client relationships, and drives innovation. The role applies software engineering, data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML techniques to deliver scalable client solutions while maintaining technical and professional standards.

Leads the development and deployment of software and data solutions using Palantir Foundry and AI/ML technologies. Responsibilities include data engineering, analytics, system improvement, client account management, project ownership, team leadership, coaching, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement. The role requires building scalable applications with large datasets and delivering customer-focused solutions.

Design, develop, deploy, monitor, and maintain AI-enabled enterprise and cloud security solutions. Build machine learning workflows, data pipelines, and scalable security capabilities using Python, Java, TensorFlow, and related libraries. Analyze security risks and data quality, translate technical findings into client recommendations, support security controls across cloud and infrastructure environments, review deliverables, and mentor junior team members.

Designs scalable data architectures, ELT/ETL pipelines, data models, quality frameworks, and self-service data platforms. Partners with engineering, product, program, leadership, and data science teams to translate business needs into technical solutions. The role includes end-to-end technical ownership, large-scale batch and streaming data processing, mentoring junior engineers, system optimization, and on-call support for platform stability.

Leads Mastercard’s Tech for Good initiatives within the Center for Inclusive Growth. The role scales data, AI, networks, and technology for social impact organizations; manages grants, partnerships, tools, vendors, and cross-functional coalitions; advances data-driven decision-making and measurement; advises on research and analytics projects; translates insights into visualizations and prototypes; and supports AI and data maturity among grantees.

Leads product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Altana’s public-sector offerings spanning customs, border management, economic security, defense procurement, and supply-chain resilience. Oversees product teams and partners with engineering, design, data science, and government affairs to build AI-enabled workflows, policy tools, integrations, and trusted-trade capabilities for government customers across multiple jurisdictions.

Leads financial statement audits for digital assets and financial services clients, evaluating regulatory compliance, governance, risk management, and internal controls. Applies advanced auditing and technical accounting expertise to identify material misstatements and issue audit reports. Directs complex engagements, coaches diverse teams, manages client relationships, communicates findings, and reinforces professional, independence, and ethical standards. The role also involves data analysis and exploring AI and machine learning platforms to improve processes.

Provides technical account management for enterprise customers using Samsara’s IoT platform. Builds customer relationships, troubleshoots APIs, hardware, software, and AI technologies, manages significant incidents, aligns solutions with business needs, maintains account records, and serves as a trusted technical advisor. Collaborates with internal teams, supports customer growth, contributes to TAM team development, and provides occasional travel and after-hours coverage.

Leads complex enterprise AI consulting engagements, designing and implementing generative AI, agentic AI, MLOps, model-serving, and infrastructure solutions. Advises executives, leads architecture reviews and technical governance, supports sales pursuits, develops standards and reusable offerings, and mentors technical teams. The role requires strong expertise in AI architecture, NVIDIA technologies, Python, Kubernetes, GPU infrastructure, security, operations, and client-facing consulting.

Define and own the technical vision, product strategy, roadmap, data strategy, and AI integration for CrowdStrike’s Next-Gen SIEM and log management products. Translate customer, market, and threat intelligence into shipped capabilities; lead cross-platform integration across endpoint, cloud, identity, and exposure products; and articulate the platform consolidation narrative. Engage executives, customers, analysts, sales, engineering, and product teams while driving detection, investigation, response automation, and cybersecurity thought leadership.

Build and maintain core infrastructure for developing, training, evaluating, deploying, and operating machine learning models and pipelines for Atlassian’s GenAI products. Solve complex software infrastructure and architecture challenges, lead engineers through technical projects from design to launch, and collaborate with internal teams and customers. The role involves large-scale distributed systems, data processing, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and machine learning lifecycle support.

Build and deploy production-grade AI and machine learning solutions for marketing and sales, including LLM agents, data-quality pipelines, semantic search, RAG, analytics, and integrations with Salesforce, Marketo, and Adobe platforms. Define evaluation and governance practices, monitor AI services, implement privacy controls, and collaborate with platform teams. Train and mentor technical and business stakeholders on responsible AI adoption while supporting DevOps, incident response, and operational runbooks.

Leads complex data and technology transformation programs for financial services clients from planning through implementation. Coordinates cross-functional workstreams, establishes governance, manages dependencies and risks, provides executive reporting, and translates technical issues into business implications. Acts as a client advisor while contributing to transformation strategy, proposals, business development, and colleague development. The role requires strong technical understanding of modern data ecosystems without being primarily hands-on engineering.

Own the strategy, roadmap, and growth of Upside’s restaurant vertical. Adapt incrementality measurement and offer optimization to restaurant economics, build merchant-facing reporting and onboarding products, and drive partner adoption, retention, and profitability. Partner with engineering, data science, design, sales, account management, and marketing while making integration decisions across POS, payments, and data systems. Establish OKRs and lead a 0-to-1 business area without direct authority.

Drives HPE private cloud AI sales across a multi-state territory, creating pipeline, developing net-new business, engaging executives, and closing complex enterprise opportunities. Advises customers on generative AI, infrastructure, hybrid cloud architectures, economics, security, and governance. Coordinates account managers, architects, services, partners, and executives through discovery, validation, business-case development, negotiation, and close while serving as an AI sales subject-matter expert.

Leads technical pre-sales for supply chain integration solutions, partnering with Sales to conduct discovery, design ERP/WMS/TMS and trading-partner architectures, run POCs, deliver demonstrations, and respond to RFPs. Advises technical and executive stakeholders on business outcomes and AI opportunities, translates capabilities into measurable ROI, and collaborates with Product, Customer Success, and Professional Services on roadmap feedback and post-sale handoffs.

Lead product strategy, roadmap, and delivery for Falcon Complete’s internal MDR tooling, including AI-powered investigation and triage, ticketing, case management, and analyst workbench systems. Partner with security operations, analysts, engineering, and data science teams to translate workflows into product requirements, prioritize automation, improve analyst productivity and response times, define success metrics, and enhance customer outcomes.

Develop and implement data science strategies for machine learning applications including lead scoring, churn modeling, pricing, personalization, and fraud detection. Own end-to-end initiatives spanning data analysis, feature engineering, model training, inference, and monitoring. Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, analytics, and business teams to deliver measurable impact, improve data capabilities, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Leads client-facing generative AI and data modernization engagements, directing solution design, delivery planning, architecture, and technical decisions. Guides teams in prompt engineering, context engineering, agent orchestration, LLM evaluation, RAG, vector databases, and AI guardrails. Oversees cloud AI implementations using Gemini, Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, or Azure AI Services; develops Python prototypes; evaluates model performance; manages workstreams and deliverables; and mentors staff on AI methods, agile delivery, and technical problem-solving.

Leads the design, development, testing, and evaluation of AI and machine learning solutions. Directs data analysis, modeling, infrastructure, monitoring, and integration efforts while establishing standards for AI robustness, bias, explainability, failure modes, and technical controls. Manages large projects, advises clients, coaches teams, and develops reusable evaluation tools and evidence workflows for responsible AI deployment.

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.