Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, and they are seeking an experienced ML Ops engineer to work closely with their product and research teams to scale state-of-the-art deep learning products. The role involves building and releasing AI inference runtimes, managing training and deployment pipelines, and continuously improving processes and tooling used by the DevOps team.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with research and product development teams to scale machine learning products for internal and external applications
Create and manage model training and deployment pipelines
Actively contribute to managing and releasing upstream and midstream product builds
Test to ensure correctness, responsiveness, and efficiency
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade Dev & Test pipelines
Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management
Collaborate with a cross-functional team about market requirements and best practices
Keep abreast of the latest technologies and standards in the field

Skills

2+ years of experience in MLOps, DevOps, Automation and modern Software Deployment practices
Experience evaluating LLMs for performance on accelerators and accuracy (think HellaSwag, MMLU, Chatbot Arena, TruthfulQA, etc.)
Being super comfortable with Python and PyTest is a must
Strong experience with Git, Github Actions including self-hosted runners, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and common technologies for automation and monitoring
Highly experienced with administering Kubernetes/Openshift
Familiar with Agile development methodology
Experience with Cloud Computing using at least one of the following Cloud infrastructures: AWS, GCP, Azure, or IBM Cloud
Solid programming skills especially in Python
Solid troubleshooting skills
Ability to interact comfortably with the other members of a large, geographically dispersed team
Experience maintaining an infrastructure and ensuring stability
While a Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, mathematics, or a related discipline is valued, we prioritize technical prowess, initiative, problem solving, and practical experience
Familiarity with contributing to the vLLM CI community is a big plus

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Paid time off and holidays
Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Company Overview

Red Hat is a software company that offers enterprise open-source software solutions. It is a sub-organization of IBM. It was founded in 1993, and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.redhat.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Red Hat has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 128 in 2025, 149 in 2024, 156 in 2023, 181 in 2022, 154 in 2021, 106 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

[Remote] Senior MLOps Engineer, vLLM Inference

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