Senior Data Scientist - Machine Learning Data Operations

Senior Data Scientist - Machine Learning Data Operations

Senior Data Scientist - Machine Learning Operations

About The Job

Company Intro: TurbineOne is the frontline perception company. We deliver decision advantage, better situational awareness, and stronger force protection. Our customers love how we automate the right portions of the military intelligence cycle while keeping them in the loop. The company is a small, fast-moving, and high-performance startup that is backed by the best DefenseTech venture capitalists.

Job Title: Data Scientist

• Reporting to the Machine Learning team lead
• Geographically flexible for home-office

Primary Responsibilities:

• Ingesting, organizing, and maintaining large-scale training datasets from open-source resources and contract-specific artifacts
• Creating and managing data cataloging systems to ensure datasets are findable, accessible, and ready for ML training pipelines
• Designing and implementing data labeling workflows, including managing external labeling vendors and quality assurance processes
• Building and maintaining YOLO-style manifests and annotation formats for custom computer vision datasets
• Performing data cleaning, validation, and augmentation to ensure high-quality training data
• Conducting exploratory data analysis and generating insights about dataset characteristics, biases, and coverage gaps
• Supporting the ML research team with statistical analysis, experiment design, and model evaluation
• Developing data pipelines and automation tools for continuous data ingestion and processing
• Collaborating with ML engineers to optimize data loading and preprocessing for training efficiency

On A Typical Day You Would:

• Process incoming datasets from various sources, performing quality checks and organizing them into our data management system
• Create or review annotation schemas and coordinate with labeling teams to ensure consistent, high-quality labels
• Write Python scripts to clean, transform, and validate datasets for specific ML training requirements
• Analyze dataset statistics and create visualizations to identify potential issues or opportunities for improvement
• Collaborate with the ML research lead to design experiments and evaluate model performance across different data splits
• Document dataset characteristics, versioning, and lineage to maintain reproducibility and compliance

Desired Experience:

• High standard of ethics, grit, integrity and moral character
• 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or related field with focus on ML data preparation
• Strong foundation in probability, statistics, and experimental design
• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related quantitative field (Master's preferred)
• Proficiency with Python data stack: Pandas, NumPy, Jupyter Notebooks, and data visualization libraries
• Experience with ML frameworks (PyTorch, Scikit-learn) and familiarity with training workflows
• Hands-on experience with computer vision datasets and annotation formats (COCO, YOLO, Pascal VOC)
• Experience managing data labeling projects and working with annotation tools (Label Studio, CVAT, or similar)
• Familiarity with open-source ML models and experience applying them to real-world problems
• Strong SQL skills and experience with data warehousing concepts
• Experience with version control (Git) and collaborative development practices
• Excellent communication skills for coordinating with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong organizational skills for managing complex datasets
• Willingness to embrace the Startup Culture of moving fast, being insatiably curious, celebrating often, embracing uncertainty, and having a personal desire to improve other peoples' lives

Nice To Have:

• Experience with defense or security-related datasets
• Knowledge of edge computing constraints and data optimization techniques
• Experience with distributed data processing frameworks (Spark, Dask)
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and tools
• Background in specific domains relevant to perception systems (satellite imagery, sensor fusion, etc.)

Startup Culture Expectations:

• We're a small, fully remote team and everything is our responsibility
• Our team thrives on autonomy, trust and solid communication
• Everyone on the Team needs to be very comfortable with constant change, moving fast, sharing failures, embracing grit, and building things themselves

Eligibility:

• Must be eligible to obtain a clearance with the U.S. government