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Lead AI Application Engineer (Infrastructure & LLMOps)

TechBiz Global
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
100% remote
Experience
Lead / principal · Not stated

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Job description

Brief intro

Build & Run the Shared AI Platform Architect and maintain a multi-tenant AI Platform that supports the full ML lifecycle across cloud and on-premises environments.

Key details

  • Ensure high availability, low latency, and cost-efficiency for all shared AI resources
  • Implement LLMOps/MLOps best practices, including automated deployment pipelines for models
  • Curate the AI Services Catalogue Develop and expose "as-a-service" capabilities: Inference-as-a-Service, Embeddings-as-a-Service, and RAG-as-a-Service
  • Standardize how squads interact with LLMs, providing unified APIs and abstraction layers to prevent vendor lock-in
  • Manage AI Data Infrastructure Own the deployment and scaling of Vector Databases (e.g., Pinecone, Milvus, Weaviate) and Feature Stores (e.g., Feast, Tecton, Hopsworks)
  • Optimize data retrieval patterns to support real-time AI applications and agentic workflows
  • Oversee Model Hosting environments, utilizing Kubernetes (K8s) and GPU orchestration to manage compute resources efficiently
  • Enable Developer Self-Service Build and maintain a Self-Service Portal or CLI that allows product squads to provision AI environments, models, and data stores independently
  • Reduce "Time-to-Inference" for new features by providing pre-configured templates and blueprints
  • Conduct internal workshops and provide documentation to empower squads to use the platform effectively

Requirements & details

  • Must-Have Technical Skills
  • Infrastructure: Deep experience with Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, and Terraform/Pulumi
  • Hybrid Cloud: Proven experience managing workloads across AWS/Azure/GCP and On-Premises (NVIDIA AI Enterprise, OpenShift)
  • AI/ML Tooling: Hands-on experience with vLLM, TGI (Text Generation Inference), or NVIDIA Triton for model serving
  • Databases: Expertise in Vector DBs and traditional SQL/NoSQL databases
  • Languages: High proficiency in Python and Go or Rust for platform tooling
  • Experience
  • 8+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
  • 2+ years specifically focused on building AI/ML infrastructure or platforms
  • Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) is a massive plus
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