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DeWinter Group ยท 1 week ago

Senior AI Platform Engineer (Generative AI)

positionUnited States
timeContract
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level
date5+ years exp

DeWinter Group is seeking a Senior AI Platform Engineer to build, operate, and scale generative AI systems in production. This role involves supporting large-scale inference workloads in regulated, enterprise environments and requires real production experience with AI systems.

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Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and operate production-grade generative AI platforms
Serve and scale large language models using modern inference frameworks (e.g., vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM)
Own platform reliability, including on-call responsibilities, incident response, and performance tuning
Build and operate Kubernetes-based infrastructure for AI workloads
Partner with application teams consuming the AI platform and support production use cases
Evaluate and integrate developer productivity tools (Copilot agents, Cursor, etc.) responsibly

Qualification

KubernetesCloud infrastructureAI/ML systemsProduction platformsIncident responseAlgorithmsSystems designDebuggingGenerative AI toolsPlatform engineeringSRE concepts

Required

5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Hands-on experience in AI/ML systems (not just API consumption)
Proven experience operating production platforms with: Kubernetes
Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Monitoring, alerting, and incident response
Prior experience with platform engineering or SRE concepts
Strong fundamentals in algorithms, systems design, and debugging

Preferred

Experience serving LLMs at scale using raw or managed GPUs
Familiarity with inference optimization and cost-performance tradeoffs
Background in: Large tech companies
Research labs or higher-ed research environments
Enterprise platforms with strict reliability requirements
Daily, practical use of GenAI developer tools (Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.)

Company

DeWinter Group

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The DeWinter Group is the Bay Area's premier provider of accounting, finance, & IT staffing & recruiting.
dateFounded in 2000
location
Campbell, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.dewintergroup.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
unknown
2020-03-10Series Unknown

Leadership Team

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Elle Jakoby
VP, Retained Search | DeWinter Partners
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Joseph Toney
VP & Managing Director, Founder of the Technology Retained Search Practice | DeWinter Partners
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Recent News

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IT Staffing M&A: DeWinter Group Acquires Software Talent Firm Syrinx Consulting
2022-10-18
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