Senior AI Platform Engineer, AWS & Kubernetes

Bitwise • Laurel, MD

6d

About The Position

Bitwise is a leading provider of mission-focused intelligence solutions that advance national security for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. We're a small and growing company, so you can expect to hop in on the ground floor with us and be a consequential member of the team. You'll be more than a contract performer for us — you'll also be asked for ideas to improve our company and improve your career, and you'll contribute to our team culture. We value growth and community above almost all else, so we gather regularly for game nights, happy hours, tech talks, and plenty more. We think you'll like it here! Remember, Bitwise is not a cult. Bitwise hires talented engineers who are driven by purpose and who value a culture of technical excellence, growth, and overall wellness. We deliver new and innovative intelligence solutions to our customers at the very forefront of our country's national security missions. And we do it every single day. Our work matters, and so will you. You'll join our Platform team as a Senior Software Engineer, leading the design, deployment, and maintenance of the cloud infrastructure that powers AI capabilities across our customer's organization. This is foundational work — every AI service, every application, every innovation depends on the infrastructure you'll build and maintain. You'll thrive in an environment where requirements shift quickly as mission needs evolve and new technologies emerge. You're comfortable turning loosely defined problems into working solutions, and you're committed to continuously sharpening your skills to meet the challenges ahead.

Requirements

• 12 years of experience (or 16 years with alternative experience for candidates without a B.S. in a technical discipline)
• B.S. in a technical discipline (or 4 additional years of professional experience in lieu of degree)
• Production experience with AWS services including EKS, Terraform, IAM, and Route 53
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm/Kustomize
• Demonstrated expertise with Docker and containerization technologies
• Experience with Argo CD and/or other CI/CD frameworks
• Proficiency configuring and using observability tooling such as Elastic Stack (Kibana) and Grafana/Prometheus
• Experience with certificate management and cloud-native security practices
• Track record supporting cloud-native architecture and maintaining production software and infrastructure
• Ability to take high-level mission goals and transform them into engineering outcomes
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on engineering with leadership and coordination responsibilities

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing technical policies and governance frameworks
• Familiarity with AI inference serving technologies (vLLM, LiteLLM, etc.)
• Previous experience with agentic frameworks
• Knowledge of vector databases and embedding systems
• Familiarity with LLMs and AI hosting concepts

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes) that supports the organization's AI capabilities
• Translate high-level stakeholder goals into concrete engineering outcomes and platform solutions
• Work within ambiguous problem spaces to define structured, executable solutions for your team
• Mentor engineers and establish development best practices, engineering standards, and technical governance
• Establish and enforce security best practices for infrastructure systems and data, including certificate and identity management
• Contribute meaningful thought leadership
• Interact with our customers and earn their confidence in your abilities
• Be detailed, even if that means taking a little more time to get it right
• Contribute their ideas and ideals to improve all aspects of our company
• Allow us to invest in their education so we both grow together
• Know and live our core values every single day

Benefits

• Pick your PTO — Everyone values time and money differently, so we give you the flexibility to choose between 3 and 5 weeks of PTO with a corresponding adjustment to your pay.
• All 11 federal holidays, paid!
• Up to 2 snow days, paid!
• We'll quadruple (4x!) the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k), giving you up to a 24% company match. Contributing less than 6%? Unclaimed matches come right back to you as extra income, giving you a guaranteed 24% that goes to your retirement, to your paycheck, or both.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances.
• $5,250 annual education assistance for training, certifications, tuition, and even student loan repayments.
• Spot bonuses for obtained certifications, customer recognition, and just about anything else that makes us go "Hot damn!".
• Flex income

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior