AI Infrastructure|Platform & Data Engineer

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Bayside Solutions, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! AI Infrastructure|Platform & Data Engineer W2 Contract Pay Rate: $60 - $70 per hour Location: Austin, TX - Remote Role Requirements and Qualifications: • Python backend - Comfortable reading and contributing to an async Python/FastAPI codebase; able to build or extend backend features as needed • Kubernetes + Helm - EKS deployments, Helm chart authoring and maintenance, HPA, network policies, ingress config • Experience with RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) • CI/CD pipelines - End-to-end build test deploy pipelines; familiarity with Vessel (or similar internal image build tools) • Infrastructure as Code - Helm, Terraform, or equivalent • Observability - Metrics (PrometheGrafana or equivalents), log aggregation, pipeline failure alerting • Evaluation & testing infrastructure - Automated RAG evaluation: retrieval quality metrics (MRR, NDCG, recall@k), answer quality benchmarks, regression suites • Security & compliance - Secret management, mTLS cert rotation, access control audits Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with embedding/vector search platforms at scale • Familiarity with workflow orchestration like Airflow, Temporal etc • Load testing and capacity planning for high-volume embedding ingestion • Some experience and understanding of working with AI "Agent" workflows and how they work with Platforms Bayside Solutions, Inc. is not able to sponsor any candidates at this time. Additionally, candidates for this position must qualify as Inc.'s candidate. Bayside Solutions, Inc. may collect your personal information during the position application process. Please reference Bayside Solutions, Inc.'s CCPA Privacy Policy at