Principal ML ops

Role Overview

Staff – Principal ML Ops Engineer at Pragmatike, a fast‑growing AI startup recognized as a Top 10 GenAI company by GTM Capital. Founded by MIT CSAIL researchers, Pragmatike is building production‑grade AI systems that power Fortune 500 clients.

Location:

Cambridge, MA (Eastern Time). Relocation package available.

Start date:

ASAP.

Languages:

English (required).

• Architect, build, and scale the end‑to‑end ML Ops pipeline—training, fine‑tuning, evaluation, rollout, and monitoring.
• Design reliable infrastructure for model deployment, versioning, reproducibility, and orchestration across cloud and on‑prem GPU clusters.
• Optimize compute usage across distributed systems (Kubernetes, autoscaling, caching, GPU allocation, checkpointing workflows).
• Lead implementation of observability for ML systems (monitor drift, performance, throughput, reliability, cost).
• Build automated workflows for dataset curation, labeling, feature pipelines, evaluation, and CI/CD for ML models.
• Collaborate with researchers to product ionize models and accelerate training/inference pipelines.
• Establish ML Ops best practices, internal standards, and cross‑team tooling.
• Mentor engineers and influence architectural direction across the entire AI platform.

• Deep hands‑on experience designing and operating production‑scale ML systems (Staff/Principal level).
• Strong background in ML Ops, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Proficiency with Python and familiarity with Type Script or Go for platform integration.
• Expertise in ML frameworks:
  PyTorch, Transformers, vLLM, Llama‑factory, Megatron‑LM, CUDA/GPU acceleration.
• Strong experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, autoscaling).
• Deep understanding of the ML lifecycle workflows: training, fine‑tuning, evaluation, inference, model registries.
• Ability to lead technical strategy, collaborate cross‑functionally, and operate in fast‑paced environments.

• Experience deploying and operating LLMs and generative models in production at enterprise scale.
• Familiarity with Dev Ops, CI/CD, automated deployment pipelines, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Experience optimizing GPU clusters, scheduling, and distributed training frameworks.
• Prior startup experience or comfort operating with ambiguity and high ownership.
• Experience working with data engineering, feature pipelines, or real‑time ML systems.

• Research pedigree: MIT CSAIL founders, recognized for breakthrough AI and systems contributions.
• Customer impact:
  Deploy AI solutions powering Fortune 500 clients.
• Industry momentum:
  Lab alumni have led high‑value acquisitions (Mosaic
  
  ML, Databricks, Run:
  
  AI, Nvidia, W&B, Core Weave).
• Funding & growth:
  Oversubscribed seed round, next funding in 2026.
• Career growth & influence:
  Lead AI initiatives, optimize pipelines, and directly impact production AI systems at scale.
• Culture & autonomy:
  Own critical systems while collaborating with world‑class engineers.
• Aspirational impact:
  Solve AI performance challenges few engineers ever face.

• Competitive salary & equity options
• Sign‑on bonus
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Education and Training

IT Services and IT Consulting

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