Senior MLOps Generative AI Engineer - Remote $91k - $152k at Sentara
Sentara

Senior MLOps Generative AI Engineer - Remote

Sentara Virginia Beach, VA, US
Full-time $91k - $152k Posted about 2 months ago

Role overview

Sentara is hiring a Senior MLOps & Generative AI Engineer!**

This position is fully remote!

Candidates must reside in one of the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming.

Basic qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience building and deploying production software, ML systems, or AI platforms.
  • 1+ years of hands-on experience building production Generative AI or LLM-based applications.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and experience with software engineering best practices.
  • Experience with major deep learning and LLM frameworks such as PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, TensorFlow, or equivalent.
  • Hands-on experience implementing RAG architectures, vector search, embeddings, prompt engineering, and LLM orchestration frameworks.
  • Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, FAISS, Milvus, or equivalent technologies.
  • Experience deploying AI/ML systems in cloud environments including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Strong understanding of APIs, distributed systems, microservices, and scalable backend architectures.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, orchestration, and cloud-native infrastructure.
  • Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and MLOps best practices.
  • Experience building monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions for ML and AI systems.
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML lifecycle management, governance, model versioning, and production operations.
  • Experience designing secure, scalable, production-ready AI platforms and services.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across technical and business teams.

Preferred qualifications

  • Previous experience implementing Generative AI and MLOps solutions within healthcare environments.
  • Experience working with EPIC or healthcare interoperability platforms.
  • Understanding of HIPAA, PHI handling, healthcare compliance, and responsible AI practices.
  • Experience with AI governance frameworks, LLM evaluation methodologies, and AI safety tooling.
  • Experience with GPU infrastructure optimization and scalable inference architectures.
  • Familiarity with multi-agent AI systems and autonomous workflows.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures, streaming pipelines, and real-time inference systems.
  • Exposure to model fine-tuning techniques including LoRA, PEFT, RLHF, or domain adaptation strategies.
  • Experience with enterprise AI platform architecture and internal developer platforms.
  • Prior experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience with a degree (Required)
  • 7+ years of relevant experience without a degree (Required)
  • Experience in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
  • No specific certification or licensure requirements
  • 5 to 7 years of relevant experience
  • Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
  • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
  • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
  • Emergency Backup Care
  • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k/403B with Employer Match
  • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
  • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
  • Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
  • Pet Insurance
  • Legal Resources Plan
  • Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Tags & Focus Areas

Fulltime Remote Ai Ai Engineer Machine Learning Deep Learning Mlops Generative Ai