AI Platform Engineer

The AI Platform Engineer will design, build, and scale the infrastructure powering next-generation AI-driven products. This role sits at the intersection of cloud engineering, platform operations, DevOps, and artificial intelligence, enabling engineering teams to build and deploy faster.

About the role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an AI Platform Engineer based in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the technical foundation that supports secure, reliable, and scalable product development.
• Combine hands-on engineering with strategic platform ownership, improving infrastructure, deployment processes, and AI operations.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across production environments.
• Manage AWS services including networking, IAM, compute, storage, databases, security, and operational tooling.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Pulumi, Terraform, or similar technologies.
• Create reusable infrastructure components and automate manual processes to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed, safety, and developer workflows.
• Support AI infrastructure initiatives, including LLM workflows, model deployment, evaluation pipelines, and retrieval-augmented generation systems.
• Operationalize solutions using services such as Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, OpenSearch, and related technologies.
• Improve system observability, monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis processes.
• Enhance platform reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency through automation and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to define technical standards and platform direction.
• Mentor engineers on cloud infrastructure, operational best practices, and scalable system design.

Requirements

• Platform-focused engineer with strong experience building production systems and a passion for automation, cloud technologies, and AI infrastructure.
• 5+ years of experience building and operating production software systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS in production environments.
• Experience designing and managing Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi, Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with platforms such as GitHub Actions.
• Strong Python development skills and experience building backend systems and APIs.
• Experience with cloud technologies including ECS, Docker, IAM, VPC networking, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, SNS/SQS, and event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of AI infrastructure concepts, including LLM workflows, vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation, model deployment, and ML operations.
• Experience with platforms such as Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, OpenSearch, Dagster, or similar technologies is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of reliability, observability, automation, and scalable architecture principles.
• Able to simplify complex systems and continuously improve developer experiences.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, taking ownership, and building solutions from the ground up.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package aligned with experience and technical expertise.

Opportunity to build and influence the infrastructure of an innovative AI-focused technology platform.

High-impact role with ownership over foundational systems and engineering practices.

Collaborative environment working closely with engineering, product, and AI teams.

Opportunity to work with modern cloud, AI, and automation technologies.

Flexible and dynamic workplace culture focused on innovation and continuous improvement.

Professional growth opportunities through technical ownership and exposure to emerging AI technologies.