Playlab

Staff ML Infrastructure Engineer

Playlab

full-time

Posted on:

Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

Visit company website

Explore more

AI Apply
Apply

Salary

💰 $180,000 - $240,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Build data pipelines that scrub PII, create research datasets, and power the research portal for educational AI studies
  • Architect the path toward self-hosted and on-device model deployments for privacy and global accessibility
  • Design and implement model orchestration systems that intelligently route requests across multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, open-source models)
  • Build cost optimization infrastructure - implement conversation compression, prompt caching, and smart model selection to keep AI accessible
  • Create comprehensive observability systems for ML operations - track costs, latency, quality, and usage patterns across thousands of applications
  • Design and implement infrastructure for fine-tuning and deploying custom models
  • Build monitoring and alerting systems that help us maintain reliability as AI interactions scale

Requirements

  • 7+ years building production ML/data systems, with experience in ML operations and infrastructure
  • Strong experience with model serving, orchestration, and optimization in production environments
  • Proficient in Python and data pipeline technologies (Airflow, ETL tools, etc.)
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Experience with cost optimization strategies for LLM-based systems
  • Thrive in high-agency, high collaboration cultures
  • Great communication that makes working remote-first work.
Benefits
  • AI tools and hands-on professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
data pipelinesmodel orchestrationcost optimizationML operationsmodel servingPythonETL toolscloud infrastructurecontainerizationLLM-based systems
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationhigh-agency