Remote, US; DMV; McLean, VA; Boston, MA; San Antonio, TX; Colorado Springs, CO; Tampa, FL; Honolulu, HI Hybrid Employment $150,000.00 - $200,000.00

Raft is hiring a Principal MLOps Engineer

Requirements

  • 7+ years of relevant hands-on experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, MLOps, or related technical roles.
  • 5+ years of experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
  • 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise cloud infrastructure or applications in AWS, Azure, or similar environments.
  • Strong experience provisioning, operating, and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters in production.
  • Experience building and maintaining machine learning platforms, infrastructure, or pipelines used by engineering or data science teams.
  • Practical experience deploying machine learning workloads on Kubernetes.
  • Experience managing clusters or workloads that use GPUs.
  • Strong understanding of Helm and Kubernetes deployment patterns.
  • Strong scripting or programming skills, preferably in Python.
  • Experience with modern software engineering practices including Git, CI/CD, DevOps, and Agile/Scrum workflows.
  • Strong troubleshooting, systems thinking, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-moving environment.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
  • Ability to obtain Security+ certification within the first 90 days of employment.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with ML model serving and inference platforms such as Triton Inference Server, KServe, Ray Serve, vLLM, or similar technologies.
  • Experience with secure and compliant deployment practices in regulated or government environments.
  • Experience with Kubernetes-based ML platforms such as Kubeflow.
  • Familiarity with service mesh technologies such as Istio.
  • Experience provisioning and debugging complex CI/CD systems.
  • Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform.
  • Familiarity with software supply chain security, container hardening, vulnerability management, and runtime scanning.
  • Experience supporting ML systems across multiple deployment environments, including cloud, on-prem, and edge.
  • Background working with machine learning engineers on model training, evaluation, packaging, and release workflows.
  • Familiarity with storage and artifact systems used in ML platforms, such as S3-compatible object stores, registries, and metadata/catalog system.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive salary.
  • Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) and company match.
  • Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays.
  • Education & training benefits.
  • Annual budget for your tech/gadgets needs.
  • Monthly box of yummy snacks to eat while doing meaningful work.
  • Remote, hybrid, and flexible work options.
  • Team off-site in fun places!
  • Generous Referral Bonuses.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Additional Information

  • All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
  • May require up to 40% travel.
Required Skills
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About company
Raft

Raft delivers scalable AI, data integration, and resilience, enhancing mission clarity and operational success. The company builds operator-first, software-first data and AI products that adapt to the mission and conform to the operator, enabling faster, trusted decisions anywhere, anytime.

Modern warfare is software-driven, and Raft is the foundation it’s built on. Their products unify and federate data from every sensor, system, and domain into one live, operational picture, while enabling trusted human-AI partnership and scaling from the tactical edge to enterprise environments.

Founded by Shubhi Mishra, Raft focuses on solving the hardest problems for the Department of Defense and public agencies, ensuring every decision is informed, trusted, and mission-ready across complex, data-saturated environments.

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