MLops Engineer (Remote)

Kelly Services; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 276,000 - 372,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

401K

Paid PTO

Life Insurance

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is seeking a Lead Software Platform Engineer to own AI/ML infrastructure that supports production-grade workflows for scientists at major pharmaceutical clients. You will lead architecture, ensure security in multi-tenant platforms, and drive the future of AI infrastructure in regulated environments.

You will design and implement LLM-based systems, RAG architectures, and observability with strong AWS, Docker, and CI/CD practices, while mentoring engineers and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software and infra engineering for distributed cloud-native systems.
• Experience leading architecture with focus on scalability and cost optimization.
• Security design for multi-tenant AI platforms handling PII/PHI.

Responsibilities

• Designing and scaling AI/ML platform architecture.
• Building model-serving and agent infrastructure.
• Developing evaluation, observability, and governance capabilities.

Skills

Distributed systems

MLOps

TypeScript

Python

AWS

Docker

OpenAPI

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Databricks MLflow

Job description

$200 - $270

Join TetraScience, the Scientific Data and AI Cloud company, as a Lead Software Platform Engineer working at the intersection of distributed systems and MLOps. In this role, you will own and scale AI and data infrastructure that supports production-grade AI/ML workflows for scientists at some of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.

This is a highly impactful opportunity for an engineer who has built AI/ML infrastructure as a multi-tenant product rather than internal tooling. You will serve as the technical design authority for AI platforms, model serving, LLMs, agents, observability, security, and evaluation frameworks while helping define the future direction of AI infrastructure in a regulated environment.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering and infrastructure engineering designing, building, and scaling distributed cloud-native systems
• Demonstrated experience as a technical leader or architect responsible for system design, scalability, performance, and cost optimization
• Experience designing security into multi-tenant platforms, including handling sensitive data such as PII and PHI and mitigating LLM-specific risks
• Extensive experience building and maintaining AI/ML infrastructure in production as a multi-tenant product with external users
• Deep hands-on experience deploying and operating LLM-based systems including RAG architectures, retrieval and embedding design, prompt versioning, model versioning, and tool/function calling
• Expert-level coding skills in TypeScript and Python for backend services and APIs
• Production experience with model registry and serving platforms, ideally Databricks MLflow
• Experience building AI evaluation frameworks, regression gates, and drift or quality monitoring capabilities
• Experience designing scalable, secure, versioned APIs using REST and OpenAPI specifications
• Strong AWS and containerization experience, including Docker
• Experience with CloudFormation or AWS CDK and contributing to deployment automation and CI/CD processes
• Experience defining observability practices including monitoring, alerting, logging, distributed tracing, and SLI/SLO/SLA models
• Ability to influence technical direction, communicate with customers and cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers

Desired Skills & Experience

• Familiarity with emerging LLM frameworks for advanced prompt orchestration and programmatic LLM pipelines
• Experience running agentic or multi-step orchestration in production
• Experience with MCP as an integration surface for tooling and non-human identities
• Understanding of LLM cost monitoring, latency optimization, and usage analytics in production environments
• Experience with multimodal model inputs including image and instrument data
• Experience with fine-tuning, distillation, quantization, batching, KV-cache strategies, or other model optimization techniques
• Experience delivering AI/ML systems in regulated environments including GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, or SOC 2 environments
• Background in scientific, life sciences, or laboratory data domains

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

AI/ML Platform Architecture

• [Confirm: percentage] LLMs, Agents, and RAG Systems
• [Confirm: percentage] AWS Infrastructure & Cloud Services
• [Confirm: percentage] Model Lifecycle Management & MLflow
• [Confirm: percentage] Security, Observability, and Compliance

Daily Responsibilities

• Designing and scaling AI/ML platform architecture
• Building model-serving and agent infrastructure
• Developing evaluation, observability, and governance capabilities
• Partnering with Applied AI, Data Engineering, Security, and Platform teams
• Technical leadership, architecture reviews, and mentoring

The Offer

• 100% employer-paid benefits for all eligible employees and immediate family members
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• 401K
• Flexible working arrangements - Remote work
• Company paid Life Insurance, LTD/STD
• A culture of continuous improvement where you can grow your career and get coaching

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.