# Machine Learning Engineer at Covario

- Company: Covario
- What the company does: Backed by SOSV.
- Company website: http://covar.io
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: McLean, Virginia
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-03-05
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/covar/jobs/5070401007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/covario-machine-learning-engineer/

## About the role

We’re seeking a Senior ML Engineer (Technical Lead) with deep hands-on expertise in machine learning and computer vision, who can also lead DoD-focused programs, own customer engagement, contribute to business development, and help grow and manage a local engineering team in McLean over time. You’ll lead end-to-end technical delivery – from data to deployment – while serving as the primary technical point of contact for our customers.

## What they're looking for

- Experience: 5+ years designing, building, and deploying machine learning systems in production (8+ preferred). Strong track record leading technical delivery for complex projects
- ML/CV expertise :
- Computer vision experience with modern architectures (e.g., YOLO family, CenterNet, RetinaNet, Detectron2, ViTs, segmentation networks), augmentation strategies, and evaluation
- Experience with data curation/annotation workflows and dataset quality control
- Software engineering: Python (NumPy, scipy, pandas/polars), PyTorch (preferred) or TensorFlow, git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code quality practices
- MLOps & deployment: Experiment tracking, Docker, ONNX/TensorRT, deploying inference services to the edge (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson)

Tags: Engineering