Sr AI Operations Engineer

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

We are the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco—public servants with a mission to advance the nation’s monetary, financial, and payment systems to build a stronger economy for all Americans. We are a community-engaged bank, and are committed to understanding and serving the vibrant, expansive communities of the Twelfth District. We respect people for what they do and for who they are. We build opportunities to learn and grow.
In this role, you will collaborate with solution architects, application developers, AI engineers to operationalize and manage the GEN AI platforms, products and systems. You will be operating in a highly matrixed environment and working with dynamic team members to deliver on the business commitments.
We are looking for a dynamic and proven engineer, with extensive experience in AI technologies, operations and optimization of AI systems.
We empower our people to balance their life and work responsibilities. That’s why we offer a flexible hybrid work model that allows you to collaborate with office colleagues on some days, and work from home on others.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize, deploy, manage, trouble-shoot, scale and evolve the GenAI based systems
• Instrument the AI systems with observability and controllability
• Monitor AI systems for performance and security
• Analyze, fine-tune and optimize the performance of the AI systems
• Manage, measure and improve the behavior of the AI systems
• Automate AI deployments and operations
• Ensure the security of AI systems by implementing standard methodologies and conducting regular security audits

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field is required or related work experience
• Typically requires 5 or more years of experience in AI, Data Science, Software Engineering experience, including knowledge of Data ecosystem
• Experience in AWS cloud architecture design and operation
• Experience in Terraform, Dockers and Kubernetes
• Proficiency with AI infrastructure components, automation tools, and scripting languages such as Python, Bash
• Familiarity with one or more of the AI frameworks and tools such as AWS Bedrock and Sagemaker, HuggingFace TGI, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Langchain/Llamaindex
• Familiarity with open source LLM models, such Llama, Mistral
• Experience in fine-tuning LLM models
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Superb communication and documentation skills
• DevOps experience is a big plus
• Knowledge of AI design patterns
• Demonstrated expertise in the areas of accountability, critical thinking and emotional intelligence
• Demonstrated effective change champion and ability to work effectively with others (including remote employees) to deliver complex, critical strategic IT initiatives
• Good interpersonal, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Holder of industry professional certifications in AWS cloud architecture and development is strongly preferred
• Solid understanding of software development methodologies including Agile and Scaled Agile centric execution models
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or a Green Card holder with the intent to become a U.S. Citizen

Base Salary Range Sr. AI Operations Engineer Min: $158,500 - Mid: $205,800 - Max: $253,200 (Location: San Francisco)

Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and alignment with geographic and other market data.

We offer a wonderful benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account, Backup Childcare Program, Pre-Tax Day Care Flexible Spending Account, Paid Family Care Leave, Vacation Days, Sick Days, Paid Holidays, Pet Insurance, Matching 401(k), and Retirement/Pension.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

The SF Fed is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

#LI-Hybrid

Full Time / Part TimeFull time

Regular / TemporaryRegular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)Yes

Job CategoryAnalytical

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

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