Senior AI Operations Engineer

3 days ago

North Chicago, IL, USASenior

H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$110k - $209k/yr

Responsibilities

Develop and configure model registries and experiment-tracking systems.
Set up model-drift detection and observability patterns.
Create reusable templates and project patterns for rapidly launching ML and AI projects.
Create centralized CI/CD workflows across ML and AI projects.
Set up and use feature stores and online feature serving.
Design cloud architectures for ML and AI solutions.
Enforce code-quality and data-quality standards while ensuring reproducibility and compliance.
Initiate and drive projects with minimal oversight and guidance.

Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of experience, master’s degree with 6 years, or PhD with 2 years of experience in ML/AI engineering, data science, or AI platform engineering.
Experience with advanced SQL, Python, Spark, and a broad range of ML frameworks.
Experience with Databricks or SageMaker and GitHub Actions.
Experience with Terraform and data lakes such as Iceberg or Delta.
Experience developing and deploying solutions in AWS or Azure using large datasets and streaming-data architectures.
Experience using MLflow for model registration, experiment tracking, and model validation.
At least 2 years of experience developing generative AI applications, including LLM prompt engineering, RAG-based solution architecture, chatbots, and AI agents using structured and unstructured data.
Ability to work independently, operate amid ambiguity, and drive projects with minimal oversight.
Preferred qualifications include pharma-data experience, ML/AI or AI-platform consulting experience, and additional experience with ML/AI engineering, advanced SQL, Python, Spark, Databricks, Iceberg or Delta, cloud platforms, streaming architectures, and MLflow.

Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, vacation, holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, and vision insurance, and 401(k) for eligible employees.
Eligible to participate in long-term incentive programs.
No travel is stated for the role.