✦ Luna Orbit — AI & Machine Learning

Data and Machine Learning Engineer - Vision Language Models, Data & Machine Learning (DML)

at Amazon.com

📍 US, VA, Arlington Onsite Posted April 03, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years 3+ years data querying languages (SQL) and ML tools
Education Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, machine learning, engineering, or related fields
Category AI & Machine Learning

Develop and deploy vision-language models for overhead imagery within classified government networks; own end-to-end ML lifecycle from data preparation to delivering models.

  • Run data conversion pipelines to transform customer data into model training structure
  • Perform EDA
  • Train VLMs on overhead imagery
  • Develop and implement hyper-parameter optimization strategies
  • Test and evaluate models and analyze results

Role focuses on fine-tuning Vision Language Models, data conversion, EDA, hyperparameter optimization, and packaging models for a Python-based codebase on Linux with GitLab; requires TS clearance.

The ideal candidate is a mid-level ML engineer with 3+ years of SQL/Python experience, active Top Secret clearance, and hands-on experience fine-tuning Vision Language Models on overhead imagery in a government context.

3+ years of data querying languages (SQL) and scripting languages (Python)3+ years ML/statistical modeling data analysisBachelor's degree or above in computer sciencemachine learningengineeringor related fieldsCurrentactive US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above
Experience in a ML or data scientist role with a large technology companyExperience working on multi-teamcross-disciplinary projectsMaster's degree or above in computer sciencemachine learningengineeringor related fieldsKnowledge of LinuxPyTorchand Git workflows for computer vision requirementsExperience developing visual language models leveraging satellite imagery
Jupyter NotebooksLinuxGitLabVisual Studio CodeGitPyTorch
SQLStructured Query LanguagePythonJupyter NotebooksLinuxGitLabVisual Studio CodeGitPyTorchExploratory Data Analysisdata pipelineshyperparameter optimizationfine-tuningVision Language ModelsVLMoverhead imagerysatellite imagerymachine learningML
SQLStructured Query LanguagePythonJupyter NotebooksLinuxGitLabVisual Studio CodeGitPyTorchExploratory Data Analysisdata pipelineshyperparameter optimizationfine-tuningVision Language ModelsVLMsatellite imageryoverhead imagery
communicationcollaborationteamworkproblem solvingpresentation
Industry Government/Public Sector
Job Function Fine-tune and deliver vision-language models for overhead imagery in classified environments
Role Subtype ML Engineer
Tech Domains Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, Linux, PyTorch, Jupyter Notebooks
vision language modelsVLMoverhead imagerysatellite imagerymachine learningMLdata pipelinesEDAhyperparameter optimizationfine-tuningPythonSQLStructured Query LanguageLinuxJupyter NotebooksGitLabVisual Studio CodeGitPyTorchTop Secret clearanceUS citizengovernmentclassified networksmodel trainingproduction deploymentHyperparameter optimization

Must have active Top Secret clearance, US citizen, Eligibility to work in the US

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