AI/ML Platform Engineer - job post

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723full_timemid

$85,000 – $195,000 USD

Tech Stack

Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred

Responsibilities

  • Design and build multi-agent and single-agent systems using modern open-source frameworks (e.g.: LangChain/LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, and their successors) that automate and augment work across our enterprise and developer tools.
  • Fine-tune LLMs for specific applications using modern techniques (e.g.: LoRA). Prepare training data, run training jobs on shared infrastructure, evaluate results against task-specific benchmarks, and hand off to the ML team's serving platform.
  • Research and prototype ML algorithms for specific production tasks, measure their performance and limitations rigorously, and produce clear assessments of their robustness and the confidence we can place in them.
  • Interact with various data types, formats, and structures in a clear and appropriate manner for algorithm training and testing and perform any data cleaning, normalization, or manipulation as needed.
  • Create effective visualizations and comprehensive documentation to explain complex topics to a variety of audiences.

Soft Skills

Written CommunicationComputer VisionAutonomy

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Dental
  • Disability Insurance
  • HSA/FSA
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Vision

Culture

Cross-Functional TeamsWork-Life BalanceMentorship ProgramDocumentation-Driven

Requirements

Required: Bachelor’s degree in Math, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field
Preferred: Master’s or PhD in Engineering, Math, Computer Science, or a related field
Regions: Us

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About Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
Industry: defense
Size: enterprise

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) provides world-class expertise to address the nation’s most critical defense, security, space, and science challenges, focusing on pioneering new technologies.

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Compensation
Base salary: $85,000 – $195,000 USD
Bonus: APL may offer bonuses or other forms of compensation per internal policy and/or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be provided in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, locality allowance or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.
Sign-on: sign-on bonus