MLOps Engineer / DevOps Engineer

About the role

MLOps Engineer / DevOps Engineer

*Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent and ongoing basis without the need for current or future employer-sponsored visa support, including H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, or any other work authorization requiring sponsorship. Applications from candidates requiring sponsorship now or in the future will not be considered.

In 2020, we launched CHEF iQ, an ecosystem of connected kitchen appliances designed to transform how people cook and connect through food. Our mission is to make great cooking effortless through intelligent technology, guided experiences, and seamless integration between hardware, software, and AI. As CHEF iQ continues to expand its AI capabilities, we are building the infrastructure and platforms that will power the next generation of connected cooking experiences. From machine learning and computer vision to Generative AI applications, our success depends on scalable, reliable systems that enable rapid innovation and deployment.

We are seeking a highly detail-oriented MLOps / DevOps Engineer to serve as a critical partner to our Machine Learning Engineer, building and maintaining the cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, automation frameworks, and operational foundations that support AI development at scale. This individual will play a key role in improving engineering efficiency, increasing system reliability, and ensuring our AI-powered products can be developed, deployed, and scaled successfully.

The ideal candidate is passionate about automation, process improvement, and building highly scalable systems. They enjoy creating order from complexity, eliminating operational bottlenecks, and enabling teams to move faster. Experience supporting AI, machine learning, and Generative AI applications in production environments is required.

Role and Responsibilities

- Design, implement, and maintain scalable AWS cloud infrastructure supporting software, AI, and machine learning applications.

- Create and manage MLOps infrastructure for model training, deployment, monitoring, versioning, and lifecycle management.

- Partner closely with the Machine Learning Engineer to establish the tools, workflows, and infrastructure required for successful AI development and deployment.

- Support Generative AI initiatives by building infrastructure and deployment frameworks for applications utilizing AWS Bedrock, foundation models, LLMs, and related AI services.

- Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to ensure repeatable, secure, and scalable environments.

- Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting systems across software, infrastructure, and machine learning platforms.

- Continuously identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, reduce manual effort, increase automation, and improve system reliability.

- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines that enable rapid, reliable software and machine learning deployments.