DevOps Engineer

**About AI71:** AI71 is an industry leader in artificial intelligence, delivering innovative solutions that empower developers, businesses and governments to solve complex challenges. AI71 builds secure, enterprise\-ready applications powered by cutting\-edge technology—tailored for knowledge workers and sector\-specific needs. AI71 bridges the gap between advanced AI and real\-world impact. Guided by a strong commitment to research and responsibility, we create transformative solutions that drive progress and empower communities. **The Role:** We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team. You'll play a crucial role in building, deploying, and maintaining scalable and reliable systems and infrastructure, working closely with development teams to ensure operational efficiency and smooth deployment pipelines. **What You'll Do:** * Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline development workflows. * Build and manage scalable infrastructure for AI model deployment and lifecycle management. * Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation. * Optimize cloud\-based and on\-premises resources for scalability and cost efficiency. * Manage and fine\-tune queuing systems and real\-time streaming architectures. * Monitor and troubleshoot production systems to ensure uptime and performance. * Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, etc. * Set up comprehensive monitoring for both system metrics and ML model performance. * Conduct root cause analyses and post\-mortems to improve system reliability. * Collaborate with development and QA teams to deploy new features into production seamlessly. * Promote best practices in system architecture, security, and performance. * Participate in a rotating on\-call schedule for production system support. * Ensure infrastructure complies with security and compliance standards (e.g., SOC2, ISO27001\). * Securely manage secrets and credentials using tools like Vault or AWS Secrets Manager. **What You'll Bring:** * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). * Proficiency in at least one scripting language: Python, Bash, or Go. * Hands\-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. * Skilled in containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. * Experience using CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or CircleCI. * Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, Grafana, or PagerDuty. * Understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, load balancing, and firewalls. * Familiarity with real\-time streaming architectures for AI and data applications. **Great Pluses / Preferred Experience** * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Pulumi. * Understanding of service mesh technologies like Istio or Linkerd. * Familiarity with database scaling and administration, including VectorDBs, SQL, and NoSQL systems. * Previous experience in a high\-traffic production environment. **Why AI71:** * **Mission\-Driven Work:** Work on cutting\-edge AI applications with a talented and passionate team, solving real\-world challenges in critical sectors. * **Unparalleled Opportunity:** This is a chance to innovate and solve real\-world challenges using AI at a company with unique access to world\-leading models and resources. * **Career Growth:** We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and significant career growth opportunities as a foundational member of the team. * **World\-Class Environment:** Enjoy a flexible working environment and the latest tools \& technologies needed to do your best work.