Akiva Ai

AKIVA is an AI-native engineering firm specializing in enterprise services, domain-specific solutions, and high-performance infrastructure from strategy through deployment. We build innovative systems that drive measurable results for commercial enterprises and government agencies. AKIVA is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

Position Overview

Build and maintain the infrastructure that trains, deploys, and monitors machine learning models in production. Own the CI/CD, observability, and reliability layers of the AKIVA AI platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Build CI/CD for model training, evaluation, and deployment
• Operate model serving infrastructure across multiple cloud regions
• Implement model monitoring, drift detection, and automated rollback
• Manage GPU infrastructure, autoscaling, and cost optimization
• Partner with security and compliance to meet enterprise and federal requirements

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years in MLOps, platform engineering, or SRE for ML systems
• Hands-on with at least one ML platform (Kubeflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI, MLflow)
• Solid understanding of model serving patterns and GPU scheduling

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, or Triton Inference Server in production
• Multi-cluster GPU operations
• FedRAMP, IL4/5, or other compliance program experience

Tools, Technologies & Frameworks What AKIVA Offers

• Professional development and skill-building opportunities
• Supportive management team with Veteran-owned company values
• Opportunity to work on impactful client engagements
• Long-term contract engagement with potential for extension
• AI productivity tools and training provided at no cost to employees
• 401(k) with generous company match
• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Profit Sharing

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

AKIVA is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical disability, marital status, military and Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that diversity among our teammates is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people within a qualified candidate pool.

AKIVA is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).