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# AI/ML Developer

- **Company:** StarTechs Inc.
- **Location:** Chevy Chase, MD, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Debugging, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Open Source Technology, Model Validation
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/a79c7ce8-115a-4192-9765-f25953d57fd3

## About the Role

This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role for someone who can pick up existing work, get it production-ready, and work independently with minimal ramp-up., * Strong applied experience with both traditional machine learning and deep learning for text

 * classification.
 * Solid grasp of model evaluation methods and their common pitfalls.
 * Able to read, debug, and improve existing ML code independently.
 * Comfortable doing applied research - reading papers, trying open-source tools, and evaluating them - and clearly presenting results to non-technical business users.

Additional Requirements

 * Proficient in Python; comfortable working in a Linux environment.
 * Able to work independently on well-scoped tasks with minimal supervision.
 * Production-minded - writes maintainable, testable code, not just notebooks.

## Description

We are seeking an experienced AI/ML developer to work alongside our Principal AI Architect on active machine-learning projects., * Review and verify our existing code; identify and fix problems.

 * Harden the models and pipeline for production.
 * Apply sound evaluation methodology - precision/recall on imbalanced data, proper train/eval
 * separation.
 * Conduct applied R&D - read relevant research, try open-source projects, evaluate results, and present findings to business users on how well different approaches meet their needs. A near-term goal is evaluating algorithms for assessing a paper's innovation, transformativeness, scientific rigor, and impact. This work is guided by the Principal AI Architect.


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