Lead AI Systems Engineer - Remote Production Ready

Maximus; Denver (CO); A distancia; USD 180.000 - 200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Maximus is seeking a Lead AI Systems Engineer to join the AI Transformation and Experience team, building software and AI capabilities for enterprise and government programs. This role is hands-on, designing, building, testing, deploying, and improving software with AI integrated into production systems.

The position is remote and requires deep software engineering fundamentals, cloud experience, and leadership to mentor junior engineers while delivering scalable AI-enabled applications.

Formación

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including substantial production systems.
• 3+ years of experience with artificial intelligence, machine learning, or related technologies.
• 5+ years of experience designing or building solutions in cloud environments.
• Experience owning software through deployment, production operations, troubleshooting, maintenance, and evolution.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including system and API design, testing, source control, and secure development.
• Experience designing and implementing systems on AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and observability.
• Experience building or integrating AI/ML capabilities into software systems or ability to quickly learn new tech.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• US Citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, ship, and operate production software systems incorporating AI and machine learning capabilities.
• Own difficult technical problems from exploration through deployment, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Write high-quality software and contribute to application code, APIs, services, tests, and tooling.
• Build AI-enabled applications that integrate models, enterprise data, cloud services, APIs, and existing systems.
• Apply engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security, resiliency, and performance optimization.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies through hands-on experimentation for production value.
• Create reusable components, libraries, and reference implementations for other teams.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and design discussions.

Conocimientos

Distributed systems

Cloud architectures

AI/ML fundamentals

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Educación

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Herramientas

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD

Observability

Descripción del empleo

Maximus is seeking a Lead AI Systems Engineer to join the AI Transformation and Experience team, building software and AI capabilities for enterprise and government programs. This role is hands-on, designing, building, testing, deploying, and improving software with AI integrated into production systems.

The position is remote and requires deep software engineering fundamentals, cloud experience, and leadership to mentor junior engineers while delivering scalable AI-enabled applications.