Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Extreme Networks
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Washington, DC · $150k–$200k a year · Posted November 2, 2026
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About the job
...serving as a technical lead, or leading an engineering team. ~ Preferred: MS or PhD in... ...science, or equivalent experience in machine learning. ~ Preferred: Experience with machine... ...worldwide. We are hiring a full-time Principal Machine Learning Engineer for our AI Core...