# Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision & VLM)

Orcrist is building a next generation data intelligence platform using cutting-edge technologies. We're handling petabyte-scale data with sub-second queries. Our product is a Kubernetes-based platform delivered as B2B SaaS or as a self-hosted on-prem solution, including air-gapped deployments. We enable customers across defense, law enforcement, and enterprise to turn mission-critical data into actionable intelligence. Role We are looking for a hands-on Machine Learning Engineer to develop and productionize modern computer vision and visual language capabilities across major intelligence and public safety projects. You will work directly with state-of-the-art and open-source computer vision models, visual language models (VLMs), and related AI technologies - training, evaluating, fine-tuning, and optimizing them for real-world use cases. You will work on challenging problems including object recognition and identification, image and document understanding, geospatial data, satellite imagery, and large-scale visual data. The role combines model development with practical engineering: building data pipelines and scrapers, running experiments, and taking promising approaches into reli

- **Id**: 1032227
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/orcrist-technologies-ml-engineer-computer-vision-vlm>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-18T12:28:29Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-16
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T23:50:09Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 51
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4500
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Robotic Software & Control Systems, C4ISR, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 9334
- **Name**: Orcrist Technologies
- **Domain**: orcrist.org
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/orcrist-technologies>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.571
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 112
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 71000
- **Max usd**: 166000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_country_seniority_unknown
- **Sample n**: 67

## Technologies

- **Computer Vision** — Optional: no
- **Fine-tuning** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 51

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: Ukrainian; Level: All levels; Optional: no
- Language: Russian; Level: All levels; Optional: no
- Language: German; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Germany** — Iso: DE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-18T14:46:49Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 72
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.805
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 50
- **Expected fill days**: 112
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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