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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Hybrid
Every organization runs on intelligence: years of accumulated knowledge, decisions, and context. As AI takes on more of that work, companies face a choice: rent that intelligence from vendors who keep the data, the context, and the results, or own it.
OpenTeams exists to make ownership possible.
Founded by Travis Oliphant, creator of NumPy and SciPy, and built by people with deep roots across the open-source ecosystem, including NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, and Jupyter, we help enterprises and governments build AI they control, govern, and evolve themselves.
If that sounds like your kind of work, we'd like to meet you.
Location: Washington, DC or Denver, CO preferred (hybrid). Highly qualified candidates outside these locations may also be considered for unclassified work.
Work Authorization: U.S. citizenship required
Clearance: An active TS/SCI clearance is strongly preferred. Candidates without an active clearance may be considered for unclassified work but must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Salary Range: $145,000–$250,000 USD, dependent on experience level and location
We're looking for a Technical Delivery Lead to own the end-to-end technical delivery of an AI/ML platform running in secure, regulated environments. This is a role for someone who has taken a system from a development environment into hardened production and knows how much of that job is not writing code.
The work runs across three fronts. You lead the deployment itself — a containerized, API-first platform moving from open development into locked-down production, across network boundaries and through whatever gates the environment imposes. You steer the system through security accreditation and authorization, which means owning that path rather than waiting on someone else to walk it. And you provide day-to-day technical leadership for a combined engineering and security team, including partner and subcontractor personnel.
This is hands-on leadership. You'll make the calls on architecture, security posture, and sequencing — and your team will judge those calls on the merits, which is a good thing. The people who thrive here have done this work themselves: the promotion between environments, the boundary crossings, the accreditation paperwork. Not managed it from a distance — done it.
This position is contingent upon contract award. Travel of up to 25% may be required, primarily to Government facilities and between company locations. Unclassified work may be performed remotely, while classified responsibilities require an appropriate clearance and onsite presence in an accredited facility.
What We Offer
At OpenTeams, growth isn’t just about the company—it’s about you.
We believe the best careers are built at the edge of your potential. That is where new tools, ideas, and technologies change the world. Here, you’ll work alongside pioneers of AI, solving problems that matter: making AI more transparent, more ethical, and more empowering. As your skills grow, our career framework provides a pathway and recognition of that increased impact.
Opportunities aren’t limited by geography. You’ll collaborate with global experts, contribute to open source projects that power the world’s technology, and stretch your skills daily. That global perspective and diversity makes our solution more universal and robust. We are committed to continuing to celebrate diversity on our team.
Supported people are successful people. We offer 100% employer paid medical premiums for employees and self-managed PTO with a minimum time off requirement, so that our teams are able to do their best work.
We invest in curiosity, creativity, and ownership. That means you’ll be trusted to boldly innovate, supported to learn fast, and celebrated for successful collaboration.
OpenTeams understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge is crucial to and enriches the company’s core mission. We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, disabled people, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
We are an equal opportunity employer - all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for recruitment, interviews, employment, training, compensation, promotion, and related activities. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws. OpenTeams will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.