Dev / ML Ops Engineer

Zensors Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary + equity options

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits

Job summary

Zensors Inc is seeking an ML / DevOps Engineer to enhance their infrastructure for video data processing. This pivotal role involves designing automated workflows, managing high-performance Linux environments, and ensuring seamless integration of cloud-native tools. Ideal candidates will have 6+ years of experience in DevOps or Systems Engineering, with expertise in Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure for video streaming. The position offers competitive salary with equity options, and comprehensive health benefits.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps, MLOps, or Systems Engineering.
• Strong track record of technical execution and systems integration.
• Mastery of Linux administration and kernel tuning.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design and implementation of automated infrastructure workflows.
• Manage infrastructure for ingesting and processing real-time video streams.
• Maintain and troubleshoot high-performance Linux environments.
• Create resilient automation pipelines and orchestrate Kubernetes environments.
• Design CI/CD pipelines and automate infrastructure provisioning.
• Build monitoring systems tailored for AI/video workloads.

Skills

Linux administration

Networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, DNS)

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD)

Video streaming (RTSP, HLS, WebRTC)

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Zensors is the spatial intelligence platform for the physical world. Our AI platform provides real-time insights—from airport queue times to office utilization—helping organizations make smarter operational decisions. Zensors processes massive streams of video data 24/7 with human-level accuracy. To do this at scale, we rely on cutting‑edge optimization to ensure our vision transformers and spatial models run efficiently on both cloud and edge compute resources. Learn more at www.zensors.com.

About the Role

As an ML / DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our infrastructure, scaling enterprise deployment workflows, and refining automation architectures to enable rapid iteration across the organization. You will sit at the critical intersection of machine learning and systems engineering. This role requires deep technical expertise not just in cloud‑native tools, but also in the foundational Linux systems and networking required to process high‑throughput video data reliably and securely across both cloud and edge environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure & Automation Strategy: Drive the design and implementation of automated infrastructure deployment and validation workflows supporting our cutting‑edge AI and computer vision initiatives.
• Video Pipeline Operations: Design, optimize, and manage the infrastructure specifically tailored for ingesting, processing, and analyzing real‑time video streams at scale. You will ensure high throughput, low latency, and rock‑solid reliability for critical CV workloads.
• Systems & Networking Core: Maintain a strong systems foundation by managing high‑performance Linux environments. You will architect and troubleshoot complex networking configurations (both cloud and edge) necessary for seamless video data transmission between physical cameras, processing nodes, and the cloud platform.
• Kubernetes & Orchestration: Create resilient automation pipelines, orchestrate complex Kubernetes‑based environments, and ensure the seamless integration of diverse ML and software components.
• CI/CD & Deployment: Design sophisticated CI/CD pipelines. Your scope will include automating infrastructure provisioning (potentially bare‑metal‑to‑Kubernetes bring‑up), deploying microservices utilizing Helm, and integrating security scans and static code analysis tools into the workflow.
• Reliability & Monitoring: Build comprehensive monitoring systems and automated alerting mechanisms tailored specifically for intensive AI/video workloads. Diagnose and resolve complex build failures and production issues related to system resources or network bottlenecks.
• Collaboration & Scaling: Collaborate deeply with Machine Learning engineers to ensure validation readiness for new models, and take ownership of scaling enterprise deployment workflows across the entire organization.

Ideal Background & Qualifications

• Education: A BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related equivalent field.
• Experience: 6+ years of applicable industry experience in DevOps, MLOps, or Systems Engineering.
• Professional Profile: You are a highly motivated professional with a strong track record of technical execution, complex systems integration, and successful cross‑team collaboration.
• Systems & Networking Mastery: Expert‑level knowledge of Linux administration, kernel tuning, and system performance debugging. Strong understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls) and container networking challenges (CNI, service mesh).
• Data & Video Pipelines: Proven experience managing infrastructure for video streaming (e.g., RTSP, HLS, WebRTC) or similarly high‑throughput, real‑time data pipelines.
• Cloud‑Native & CI/CD: Deep expertise in Kubernetes (managing clusters, Helm charts, orchestration) and a strong background in CI/CD toolchains (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD).
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency in IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Specialized Environments: Experience working in NixOS environments, declarative package management, and virtualization environments is highly required.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary + equity options.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
• The rare opportunity to build the infrastructural backbone for a pioneering platform in Physical AI and computer vision.