Senior LLMOps / MLOps Engineer

Cardinal Integrated Technologies, Inc.

$150K — $180K *
Technical Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong proficiency in Python and software engineering best practices
  • 14+ years of experience in MLOps, LLMOps, and AI/ML Platform Engineering
  • Expertise in LLM Inferencing and Model Hosting with technologies like vLLM and Triton
  • Hands-on experience with deploying and optimizing open-source LLMs
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and MLflow for scalable deployments
  • Understanding of key performance optimization techniques like GPU Optimization and Quantization

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement high-performance inference platforms for LLMs
  • Optimize GPU utilization, latency, throughput, and cost for AI systems
  • Build, deploy, troubleshoot, and optimize production-grade LLM solutions
  • Scale and monitor GenAI/LLM applications in production environments
  • Incorporate AI observability and responsible AI practices into workflows
  • Engage in hands-on engineering tasks to ensure system reliability and performance

Benefits

  • Ongoing professional development opportunities
  • Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies
  • A collaborative and dynamic work environment
  • Contributions to impactful AI projects
  • Opportunity to contribute to responsible AI initiatives
Full Job Description
Role: Senior LLMOps / MLOps Engineer(23382-1)
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Onsite Requirement - Yes
Number of days onsite - 5 days


Must Have Skills
Skill 1 - Strong proficiency in Python and software engineering best practices
Skill 2 - 14+ years of experience in MLOps, LLMOps, AI/ML Platform Engineering
Skill 3 - Strong expertise in LLM Inferencing and Model Hosting using vLLM, SGLang, TGI, Triton, Ray Serve, Azure ML, or Databricks Model Serving

Good To have Skills -
Skill 1 - Exposure to AI Observability, Governance, and Responsible AI practices

Mandatory if Applicable
Domain Experience (If any) - Senior LLMOps / MLOps Engineer

Summary
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior LLMOps / MLOps Engineer with strong expertise in LLM inferencing, model hosting, and serving Large Language Models (LLMs) at scale. The ideal candidate should be a hands-on engineer with proven experience deploying and optimizing open-source LLMs, building high-performance inference platforms using technologies such as vLLM, SGLang, TGI, Triton, and Ray Serve, and driving GPU utilization, latency, throughput, and cost optimization. This is a highly technical role requiring active involvement in designing, building, troubleshooting, and optimizing production AI systems. Experience in MLOps platforms and scalable AI infrastructure is essential.

Must-Have Skills
• 5-7 years of experience in MLOps, LLMOps, AI/ML Platform Engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python and software engineering best practices.
• Experience working with open-source LLMs such as Llama, Mistral, Gemma, or Qwen.
• Strong expertise in LLM Inferencing and Model Hosting using vLLM, SGLang, TGI, Triton, Ray Serve, Azure ML, or Databricks Model Serving.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Azure ML, Databricks, and MLflow.
• Good understanding of RAG, Vector Databases, GPU Optimization, Quantization, KV Cache, PagedAttention, and Continuous/Dynamic Batching.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience building, deploying, troubleshooting, and optimizing production-grade LLM and GenAI solutions.
• Experience deploying, scaling, and monitoring production-grade GenAI/LLM applications.
• Exposure to AI Observability, Governance, and Responsible AI practices.

Good-to-Have Skills
• Hands-on experience with LLM Fine-Tuning using PEFT, SFT, CPT, LoRA, and QLoRA techniques.
• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face, DeepSpeed, and PEFT.
• Knowledge of distributed training and multi-GPU environments.
• Experience with Agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, AutoGen, or CrewAI.
• Understanding of simulation platforms, digital twins, modeling & simulation workflows, or scientific computing.

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