Senior Platform Engineer - AI Infrastructure

Neural Solutions; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 204,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Platform team to own AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters, building the foundation for AI capabilities and enabling a broad ecosystem of AI-enabled applications.

You will lead design, deployment, and security practices, mentor engineers, and translate high-level goals into platform solutions across cloud-native environments.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in software engineering with a technical degree.
• TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance is required.
• Location is Columbia, MD, on-site.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes).
• Translate high-level goals into engineering outcomes and platform solutions.
• Work in ambiguous problem spaces and define structured solutions for the team to execute against.
• Mentor engineers and grow development best practices and governance.
• Establish and enforce security practices for infrastructure and data.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or 16 years experience

Tools

AWS EKS

Terraform

IAM

Route 53

Kubernetes

Helm

Kustomize

Docker

Argo CD

CI/CD

Elastic Stack

Kibana

Grafana

Prometheus

Certificate management

Cloud-native security

Job description

Neural Solutions in Columbia, MD is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Platform team to own AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters, building the foundation for AI capabilities and enabling a broad ecosystem of AI-enabled applications.

You will lead design, deployment, and security practices, mentor engineers, and translate high-level goals into platform solutions across cloud-native environments.