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Lead Engineer

Lead Engineer

CompanyThe Atlantic
LocationWashington, DC, USA, New York, NY, USA
Salary$145000 – $160000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • Experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS services like Lambda, SageMaker, ECS, EKS or similar technologies
  • Comfortable with infrastructure as code using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
  • Proficient with modern web frameworks and technologies
  • Experience in deploying and scaling systems for at least six years
  • Worked with Python and AWS at scale
  • Ability to distill complex technical ideas for a diverse set of stakeholders
  • Ability to articulate solutions based on high-level requirements
  • Open to new approaches and can judge when such approaches are ready for prime time
  • Creative ideas about fostering positive working relationships

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement infrastructure for deploying machine learning models into production environments
  • Architect systems that use ML to perform tasks, make decisions, and interact with users while maintaining appropriate guardrails and human oversight
  • Build web-based interfaces and APIs for machine learning solutions
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines for machine learning deployments using GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Kubernetes
  • Work with the Director of Applied AI to turn research prototypes into scalable, production-ready systems
  • Enhance content management systems with AI capabilities to improve editorial workflows
  • Create monitoring systems to track model performance in production
  • Establish best practices for ML deployment, versioning, and operations
  • Regularly contribute high-quality, well-tested code across machine learning infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.