Senior AI Systems Engineer - Remote Production

Maximus; Phoenix (AZ); A distancia; USD 180.000 - 200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Maximus is seeking a Lead AI Software Engineer to design, build, and operate AI-enabled software systems across enterprise and government programs. You will lead the technical implementation, mentor peers, and ensure scalable, secure production deployments while integrating AI with existing infrastructure.

The role emphasizes hands‑on engineering, robust testing, CI/CD, observability, and keeping systems reliable as AI capabilities evolve.

Formación

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 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.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, ship, and operate production software systems incorporating AI and ML 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, infrastructure, 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.
• Build reusable components, libraries, patterns, and reference implementations for other teams.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and collaborative problem solving.

Conocimientos

Python

Go/C++

Distributed systems

APIs design

LLMs

Cloud platforms

Security

Mentoring

Educación

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Herramientas

AWS

Azure

GCP

Descripción del empleo

Maximus is seeking a Lead AI Software Engineer to design, build, and operate AI-enabled software systems across enterprise and government programs. You will lead the technical implementation, mentor peers, and ensure scalable, secure production deployments while integrating AI with existing infrastructure.

The role emphasizes hands‑on engineering, robust testing, CI/CD, observability, and keeping systems reliable as AI capabilities evolve.