AI Platform Engineer / Architect - VP

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 155,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive employee benefits

Job summary

Morgan Stanley is seeking a senior AI platform engineer to design and deploy GenAI solutions at scale in a cloud environment. You will build tooling, secure deployment architectures, and reusable components for managing large-scale AI workloads.

Responsibilities include working with Kubernetes/OpenShift, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, while documenting architectural decisions and collaborating across time zones in a global team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent job experience.
• Experience building scalable GenAI/LLM-based applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop tooling and self-service capabilities for deploying AI solutions leveraging Kubernetes/OpenShift and REST frameworks.
• Develop Terraform modules and Cloud architecture for secure AI deployment at scale.
• Build reusable solutions to scale Generative AI use cases using pre-trained and fine-tuned models.
• Leverage Kubernetes/OpenShift for containerized workloads and integrate vector stores for embeddings.
• Publish architecture decision records documenting major design decisions and model/tool selections.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Terraform

Cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP)

CI/CD (Jenkins)

GitOps

LangChain/Large Language Models

Distributed systems

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenShift

Terraform

Jenkins

Grafana/Loki/Prometheus/Cortex

Kubernetes

Job description

What you'll do in the role:

Below is a sample of potential responsibilities depending on product / focus area

• Develop tooling and self-service capabilities for deploying AI solutions for the firm leveraging Kubernetes/OpenShift, Python, authentication solutions, APIs, REST framework, etc
• Develop Terraform modules and Cloud architecture to enable secure AI cloud service deployment and consumption at scale
• Have a platform mindset and build common, reusable solutions to scale Generative AI use cases using pre-trained models as well as fine-tuned models.
• Leverage Kubernetes/OpenShift to develop modern containerized workloads
• Integrate with capabilities such as large-scale vector stores for embeddings.
• Author best practices on the Generative AI ecosystem, when to use which tools, available models such as GPT, Llama, Hugging Face etc. and libraries such as Langchain.
• Analyze, investigate, and implement GenAI solutions focusing on Agentic Orchestration and Agent Builder frameworks.
• Author and publish architecture decision records to capture major design decisions and product selection for building Generative AI solutions. Inclusive of app authentication, service communication, state externalization, container layering strategy and immutability.
• Ensure AI platform are reliable, scalable, and operational; (e.g. blueprints for upgrade/release strategies (E.g. Blue/Green); logging/monitoring/metrics; automation of system management tasks)
• Participate in all team's Agile/ Scrum ceremonies.
• Participate in team's oncall rotation in build/run team model

What you'll bring to the role:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent job experience
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, design and development
• Strong hands-on Application Development background in at least one prominent programming language, preferably Python Flask or FAST Api.
• Broad understanding of data engineering (SQL, NoSQL, Big Data, Kafka, Redis), data governance, data privacy and security.
• Experience in development, management, and deployment of Kubernetes workloads, preferably on OpenShift.
• Experience with designing, developing, and managing RESTful services for large-scale enterprise solutions.
• Experience deploying applications on Azure, AWS, and/or GCP using IaC (Terraform)
• Hands-on experience with multiprocessing, multithreading, asynchronous I/O, performance profiling in at least one prominent programming language, preferably python.
• Ability to articulate technical concepts effectively to diverse audiences.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a global organization, across time zones, and across organizations
• Demonstrated experience in DevOps, understanding of CI/CD (Jenkins) and GitOps.
• Knowledge of DevOps and Agile practices.

Nice to have

• Practitioner of unit testing, performance testing and BDD/acceptance testing.
• Understanding of OAuth 2.0 protocol for secure authorization.
• Proficiency with Open Telemetry tools including Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, and Cortex.
• Good knowledge of Microservice based architecture, industry standards, for both public and private cloud.
• Good understanding of modern Application configuration techniques.
• Hands on experience with Cloud Application Deployment patterns like Blue/Green.
• Good understanding of State sharing between scalable cloud components (Kafka, dynamic distributed caching).
• Good knowledge of various DB engines (SQL, Redis, Kafka, etc) for cloud app storage.
• Experience building AI applications, preferably Generative AI and LLM based apps.
• Deep understanding of AI agents, Agentic Orchestration, Multi-Agent Workflow Automation, along with hands-on experience in Agent Builder frameworks such Lang Chain and Lang Graph.
• Experience working with Generative AI development, embeddings, fine tuning of Generative AI models.
• Understanding of ModelOps/ ML Ops/ LLM Op.
• Understanding of SRE techniques.

What you can expect from Morgan Stanley:

We have a track record of innovation and passion for unlocking new opportunities, we help our clients raise, manage and allocate capital. We do this by offering a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and asset management services.

All that we do at Morgan Stanley is driven by our five core values: do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back. These aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day, ensuring we do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees around the world. And at the core of our success are the people who drive it - relentless collaborators and creative thinkers who are fueled by diverse thinking and experiences.

Wherever you are in our 1,200 global offices, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest in an environment where you are empowered to achieve your full potential. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $155,000 and $215,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.