AI Infra Engineer (TS/SCI) - Production & Observability

Visionist, Inc.; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 115,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Competitive retirement plan

Paid time off + holidays

Parental leave stipend

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Lifestyle bonus

Merit-based bonuses

Job summary

Visionist, Inc. seeks a Software Engineer (AI Infrastructure) to design, implement, and optimize infrastructure for AI model inference at scale.

You will support production AI services, including RAG and autonomous agents, while driving adoption of new technologies across engineering teams. You will implement robust monitoring, logging, and observability, automate provisioning with IaC, and ensure reliability and security across AI platform components.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree).
• 8 years of experience in software development and production systems at scale.
• Experience with high-volume web applications and performance optimization.
• Strong background in systems integration across diverse technologies and platforms.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud engineering.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes administration and deployment patterns.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Experience implementing observability solutions (APM, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize infrastructure for AI model inference at scale.
• Support production AI services and applications, including retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and autonomous agents.
• Define and implement solutions for ambiguous or underspecified systems and requirements.
• Drive adoption of new technologies and practices across engineering teams.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using IaC principles.
• Ensure availability, reliability, scalability, and performance of AI platform components.
• Contribute to security best practices for AI systems and data.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.

Skills

Python

Cloud engineering (AWS)

DevOps practices

Observability tooling

Kubernetes administration

CI/CD pipelines

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Prometheus

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Visionist, Inc. seeks a Software Engineer (AI Infrastructure) to design, implement, and optimize infrastructure for AI model inference at scale.

You will support production AI services, including RAG and autonomous agents, while driving adoption of new technologies across engineering teams. You will implement robust monitoring, logging, and observability, automate provisioning with IaC, and ensure reliability and security across AI platform components.