Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer — Production ML Pipelines

Surge IT; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Surge IT is seeking a hands-on Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer located in Alexandria, Virginia, with over 10 years of IT experience. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in building and operationalizing AI/ML systems across cloud environments, focusing on production-grade solutions.

The role requires deep skills in developing ML pipelines, using frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch, as well as hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform for scalable infrastructure. Candidates must have exceptional coding abilities in Python and Java.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT/engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on AI/ML development experience.
• 4+ years working directly with AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy production-grade ML/AI pipelines and services.
• Develop LLM-powered and NLP-driven applications.
• Write, optimize, and maintain high-quality Python-based ML code.
• Implement scalable infrastructure using Terraform, AWS, and Kubernetes.

Skills

Deep Learning frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras

LLMs, prompt engineering, NLP pipelines

Python and Java as primary languages

FastAPI and microservices for ML inference

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Kubernetes and Docker for scalable ML workloads

Distributed/cloud systems design with AWS

Edge-to-cloud system integration experience

Job description

Surge IT is seeking a hands-on Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer located in Alexandria, Virginia, with over 10 years of IT experience. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in building and operationalizing AI/ML systems across cloud environments, focusing on production-grade solutions.

The role requires deep skills in developing ML pipelines, using frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch, as well as hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform for scalable infrastructure. Candidates must have exceptional coding abilities in Python and Java.