
Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer
Johnson Controls
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Milwaukee • Texas • Wisconsin • United States
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Salary
💰 $126,000 - $189,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Drive the strategy, architecture, and delivery of next-generation AI and Machine Learning platforms
- Design scalable, secure, and production-grade ML/LLM infrastructure on Azure
- Shape platform standards, influence architectural direction, and mentor engineering teams
- Architect, lead, and optimize complex ML/LLM pipelines on Azure ML
- Drive the operationalization of large-scale LLMs (GPT, LLaMA, Claude, etc.)
- Define Terraform based IaC patterns and oversee provisioning of compute clusters
- Establish governance, drift monitoring, and enterprise grade model management practices.
- Architect high availability, low latency inference environments using Azure Kubernetes Service
- Design and scale advanced RAG pipelines using vector databases such as Azure Cognitive Search, Redis, or FAISS
- Lead the creation of reusable, enterprise-wide Azure DevOps CI/CD templates for ML assets
- Mentor ML engineers and advocate for engineering excellence, design reviews, and knowledge-sharing across teams
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in ML engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, or cloud architecture roles
- Deep experience deploying and scaling ML systems on Azure, including Azure ML, AKS, Azure DevOps, and distributed compute
- Significant hands-on experience with Terraform and cloud-native architectural patterns at enterprise scale
- Proven background in building secure, automated ML/LLM systems and managing full model lifecycles in production
- Expert proficiency in Python (PyTorch, Transformers, LangChain), Terraform, and Bash/PowerShell
- Advanced experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and GPU-accelerated inference on AKS
- Strong understanding of scalable inference patterns, LLM optimization, vector databases, and RAG architectures
- Deep knowledge of CI/CD, model registries, artifact management, and ML observability tooling
- Strong leadership, documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and guiding cross-functional technical teams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonus plan
- Paid vacation/holidays/sick time
- Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care
- On the job/cross training opportunities
- Encouraging and collaborative team environment
- Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learningAIML infrastructureTerraformPythonPyTorchDockerKubernetesCI/CDvector databases
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationdocumentationstakeholder managementmentoringknowledge-sharing
Certifications
Bachelor’s in Computer ScienceMaster’s in Computer Science