Lead AI Infrastructure Engineer

Neural Solutions; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 204,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD seeks a Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure to build and maintain the foundation for customer AI capabilities and support a broader ecosystem of AI-enabled applications.

The role emphasizes production software, cloud, and SRE best practices, with strong focus on leading teams and delivering scalable AI tooling. Expect collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 12 years experience with Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or 16 years without degree.
• Experience building AI infrastructure and production software.
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality AI tools and applications for the workforce to use
• Ensure high availability, reliability, performance, and security of AI tools
• Modify FOSS to accommodate the customer’s use cases
• Regularly engage with customers, eliciting requirements and developing solutions
• Maintain existing customer-facing infrastructure and applications, ensuring reliable services
• Serve as a technical lead for AI Tools and Applications initiatives, coordinating work across teams
• Conduct regular one-on-ones and provide coaching and support for assigned team members
• Act as the team POC for contract administration functions
• Define solutions for complex, underspecified systems and requirements
• Establish new technical policies, standards, and governance frameworks
• Drive adoption of new technologies and practices across engineering teams
• Implement and oversee monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at multiple levels

Skills

Python

UI/UX principles

LLMs in workflows

Cloud (AWS)

Kubernetes/Helm

Argo CD / CI/CD

Docker

SRE best practices

Team leadership

Production software

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Argo CD

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD seeks a Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure to build and maintain the foundation for customer AI capabilities and support a broader ecosystem of AI-enabled applications.

The role emphasizes production software, cloud, and SRE best practices, with strong focus on leading teams and delivering scalable AI tooling. Expect collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.