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Calix

Sr. AI Ops Engineer

Calix, Frankfort, Kentucky, United States

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Overview

Calix provides the cloud, software platforms, systems and services required for communications service providers to simplify their businesses, excite their subscribers and grow their value. Calix is seeking a highly skilled

AI Ops Engineer

with hands-on experience with GCP to join our cutting-edge

AI/ML

team. In this role, you will be responsible for building, scaling, and maintaining the infrastructure that powers our machine learning and generative AI applications. You will work closely with data scientists, ML engineers, and software developers to ensure our ML/AI systems are robust, efficient, and production ready. This is a remote-based position that can be located anywhere in the United States or Canada.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure for ML and GenAI applications

Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot production ML/GenAI pipelines/services

Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for ML model deployment and serving

Scale compute resources across CPU/GPU architectures to meet performance requirements

Implement container orchestration with Kubernetes

Architect and optimize cloud resources on GCP for ML training and inference

Setup and maintain runtime frameworks and job management systems (Airflow, KubeFlow, MLflow, etc.)

Establish monitoring, logging and alerting for systems observability

Optimize system performance and resource utilization for cost efficiency

Develop and enforce AIOps best practices across the organization

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

5+ years of overall software engineering experience

3+ years of focused experience in DevOps/AIOps or similar ML infrastructure roles

Proficient in IaC, using Terraform.

Strong experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes

Demonstrated expertise in cloud infrastructure management on GCP

Proficiency with workflow management such as Airflow & Kubeflow

Strong CI/CD expertise with experience implementing automated testing and deployment pipelines

Experience with scaling distributed compute architectures utilizing various accelerators (CPU/GPU)

Solid understanding of system performance optimization techniques

Experience implementing comprehensive observability solutions for complex systems

Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).

Strong proficiency in Python

Familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch and ML platforms like Vertex AI

Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently

Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams

#LI-Remote The base pay range for this position varies based on the geographic location. More information about the pay range specific to candidate location and other factors will be shared during the recruitment process. Individual pay is determined based on location of residence and multiple factors, including job-related knowledge, skills and experience. San Francisco Bay Area:

133,400 - 226,600 USD Annual All Other US Locations:

116,000 - 197,000 USD Annual As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for a bonus. For information on our benefits click here.

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