Data Scientist at Striveworks

About Striveworks

Striveworks empowers organizations to tackle complex national security and business challenges by providing a command center for data, models, and business outcomes. Founded by data scientists and engineers, Striveworks simplifies the journey from AI deployment to ongoing optimization, ensuring systems remain reliable, adaptable, and scalable in dynamic environments. They enable confident, data-driven decision-making by increasing performance and lowering costs.

The Role

As a Data Scientist at Striveworks, you will be a core contributor to the company's projects, products, and strategic direction from day one. You will represent Striveworks as a technology builder, leveraging their proprietary AI operations (AIOps) platform, Chariot, and informing its future capabilities. Working collaboratively with a team of data scientists, machine learning engineers, software engineers, and DevOps engineers, you will transform machine learning models into functional products. This role is for individuals who value technical expertise, enjoy pushing their capabilities, are outcome-driven, and are passionate about applying software and data science to solve real-world problems. Success requires a customer-focused approach, rigorous methodology, clear communication, and the ability to identify repeatable value opportunities, synthesizing customer needs and evolving demands into actionable product suggestions.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Developing and validating machine learning models and custom analytic algorithms for image, video, text, geospatial, time series, and structured data.
• Implementing AI-based software solutions for both cloud and edge environments.
• Conducting mission-critical fieldwork to support customers and stakeholders.

Work Environment:

• Fully remote work environment is available.
• Hybrid/on-site options at customer locations (Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Tacoma, WA).
• Remote employees: Expect up to 30% travel.
• Local employees: Expect up to 25% travel.

The Right Fit

Striveworks seeks individuals who share their core values, fostering a high-trust work environment built on mutual respect, candid and constructive communication, passion, perseverance, and a shared enthusiasm for impactful contributions. They value ownership, agency, and individual responsibility for collective results.

Required Qualifications:

• BS degree in computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or a related discipline, with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in machine learning and data science, with specific application to image and video data.
• Proficiency in implementing and analyzing data structures and algorithms.
• Proficiency in programming languages and libraries common to machine learning; excellence in Python is essential, alongside knowledge of libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and/or scikit-learn.
• Exposure to software development lifecycle (SDLC) and tools (e.g., Git, Agile).
• Active Secret (or above) US security clearance.
• US citizenship is required.

The Wish List (Preferred Qualifications):

• An advanced degree (e.g., MS, MEng, PhD) in computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or a related discipline.
• Experience deploying machine learning and data science in production environments.
• Exposure to DevOps and Cloud infrastructure (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, major cloud providers).
• Experience processing a variety of unstructured data types (e.g., imagery, full-motion video, text, acoustic, sonar, RF, geospatial, graphs, telemetry signals).
• Experience building AI agents and agentic workflows.
• Experience implementing ETL pipelines, data pipelines, and/or workflow automation.
• Experience developing software in a compiled language (e.g., Go, Rust, C++, Java).
• Experience building full-stack applications (back end, front end, REST).
• Experience delivering technology solutions in secure government environments.
• Experience working with federal, state, and/or local government customers.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation:

• Anticipated base pay range: $160,000–$190,000/year.
• Total compensation package includes competitive base salary, equity grants, and cash bonuses.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans.
• 401(k) plan.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid parental leave.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Striveworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion. They do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, belief, sex, national origin, social or ethnic origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. Discrimination or harassment of any kind is not tolerated.

For assistance or reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact Operations at hr@striveworks.us.
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