Machine Learning - Research Engineer - Python, Statistic Analysis
Erias Ventures · Annapolis Junction, MD
$210,000–$230,000from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 6+ years · National · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
No work location or metro area is specified in the posting. Given the TS/SCI + polygraph requirement and the defense/intelligence mission context, the role is almost certainly on-site at a cleared facility, but the specific location is not disclosed.
The SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role is framed as a 'Research Engineer' bridging ML research and production, with equal emphasis on software engineering/DevOps delivery and ML evaluation methodology. 15-1252 (Software Developers) was chosen as primary because the required skills list is dominated by software and deployment tooling; 15-2051 (Data Scientists) is a credible runner-up given the ML evaluation and agentic-systems assessment responsibilities.
The degree requirement is tiered: Bachelor's + 6 years, Master's + 4 years, or PhD + 0 years. Because equivalent experience is accepted in lieu of a higher degree, no single minimum degree is hard-gated — the degree requirement is set to None accordingly.
The experience floor of 6 years reflects the Bachelor's-level path, which is the most permissive combination. The Master's path (4 years) and PhD path (0 years) are also acceptable.
'Testing frameworks' and 'Cloud platforms' are listed under Required Skills but are deliberately generic — no specific product is named. Alternatives for Cloud platforms have been populated with the major providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
JavaScript and TypeScript are listed as a combined entry ('JavaScript / TypeScript') in the posting; they are emitted as separate skills because both are distinct technologies that may be used together in the stack.
Jira and Confluence are listed together as examples of 'Collaboration tools'; Jira is used as the primary skill name with Confluence in alternatives, as they serve overlapping but distinct functions — this reflects the posting's intent that familiarity with at least one such tool is required.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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