Data Scientist

Office Location : Alexandria, VA

TOP SECRET / / SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph required

Accrete is a dual use AI software product company that sells into both government and private enterprise sectors. We create AI software, enabling our customers to make better decisions, faster.

Accrete is on a mission to create AI so powerful it amplifies human reasoning and enables enterprises to grow in previously unimaginable ways.

Prior to launching Accrete in 2017, Prashant Bhuyan, Accrete's Founder and CEO, spent over a decade in high-frequency trading where he and a core team experimented with and developed AI technology that ultimately became the early underpinnings of Accrete.

To learn more about Accrete, please visit our website : https : / / www.accrete.ai /

Position Description :

Responsible for designing, building, and deploying data models for machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

This person will also be responsible for identifying business problems, defining data requirements, identifying data sources, qualifying the pedigree and lineage of each source, and implementing the data acquisition strategy.

This position is contingent on modification to an existing government contract with a PoP through September 2027.

Duties :

• Work closely with clients in classified and unclassified settings to define business questions and challenges
• Develop mathematical and / or statistical models in response to the clients' questions and to address their challenges
• Define explainability metrics for each model and understand the effects layering models have on explainability
• Integrate models into backend software development workflows
• Ensure model inference meets performance and high quality standards
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions to be utilized by end users
• Demonstrated experience briefing results of data-driven models to C-suite level executives
• Demonstrated understanding of how to express data results in terms of risk acceptance and mitigation

Skills :

• Proficiency in analytics and data mining
• Experience with natural language processing (NLP) and AI technologies
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Java, R, Python, or SAS
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS for data processing and storage
• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow

Requirements :

• Pursuant to Executive Order 12968, August 2, 1995, this position requires U.S. citizenship
• Current U.S. government top secret clearance with eligibility for SCI and counterintelligence scope polygraph

Ideal candidate will have experience in the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community.

Salary Range : $170,000 - $200,000

Security Clearance : TS / SCI with CI Polygraph

Benefits :

• Fortune 500 level core benefits package : health, dental, vision, Rx, long-term disability, short-term disability, life insurance, & 401(k) Traditional & Roth
• Unlimited PTO & all U.S. federal holidays off
• Company events include happy hours, team bonding.
• Our office is stocked with lunch & snacks healthy, delicious, beverages, vitamins & more

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and opportunities for growth and advancement within the company. If you are an innovative and results-driven leader, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Accrete is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.