Lead Software Engineer – AI Edge & Cloud Reliability

Colorado State University; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Colorado State University in Chicago is hiring a software engineer to design, develop, and operate a national-scale AI testbed. You will manage a growing fleet of edge devices, cloud infrastructure, and data pipelines, with remote work options and collaboration with Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory.

You will mentor a small team, set technical direction, and build tooling for monitoring, security, and scaling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field.
• Five years of production experience with code, services and deployments.
• Fluent in Linux, scripting, networking, and debugging.
• Fluent in software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software for operating and scaling a distributed network of AI-enabled edge computing nodes.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers.
• Collaborate with researchers and partners to meet requirements and maintain documentation.

Skills

Linux

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

Colorado State University in Chicago is hiring a software engineer to design, develop, and operate a national-scale AI testbed. You will manage a growing fleet of edge devices, cloud infrastructure, and data pipelines, with remote work options and collaboration with Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory.

You will mentor a small team, set technical direction, and build tooling for monitoring, security, and scaling.