Inizio Partners

Gen AI Platform Engineer

Inizio Partners  •  Houston, TX (Onsite)  •  4 months ago
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Job Description

We are looking for a Generative AI Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade AI platforms and APIs that enable the adoption of large language models and generative AI capabilities across the organization. This role is focused on platform engineering, not just model experimentation — you will be responsible for building robust, secure, and highly scalable systems that integrate with leading cloud-based AI services. You will work closely with software engineers, data scientists, and product teams to deliver reusable AI infrastructure, developer-friendly APIs, and production-ready solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable Generative AI platforms, services, and APIs for internal and external consumers
  • Develop and maintain high-performance backend services using Python and one or more of C++, C#, or Java
  • Integrate and operationalize LLM and foundation model APIs, including: Azure OpenAI Google Vertex AI AWS Bedrock
  • Build abstraction layers and orchestration logic to support multiple model providers and deployments
  • Design RESTful and/or gRPC APIs with a strong focus on reliability, security, and performance
  • Implement platform capabilities such as: Prompt management and versioning Model routing and fallback strategies, Observability, logging, and monitoring Cost and usage tracking Deploy and operate services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), leveraging managed services where appropriate Support CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and production operations
  • Contribute to platform architecture decisions and engineering best practices

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field (Masters degree preferred)
  • Strong proficiency in Python Strong experience in at least one of the following: C++, C#, or Java
  • Proven experience building platforms, frameworks, and APIs (not just applications)
  • Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Practical experience integrating with cloud-hosted AI/LLM APIs, including Azure OpenAI, Vertex AI, and/or AWS Bedrock
  • Strong understanding of API design, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures
  • Experience taking systems from design through production deployment and operation

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience designing multi-tenant or enterprise AI platforms
  • Familiarity with MLOps or LLMOps concepts (model lifecycle, monitoring, evaluation)
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and secure API design
  • Experience supporting developer platforms or internal tooling

What Were Looking For

  • A platform-first mindset — you enjoy building reusable systems that enable other teams
  • Strong engineering fundamentals and attention to production quality
  • Comfort working across cloud services, APIs, and distributed systems
  • Ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Inizio Partners

About Inizio Partners

Inizio Partners is a full-service recruitment agency specializing in executive search, permanent placements, and contingency staffing. We are proud to partner with some of the most innovative and influential companies in the world helping them in identifying premier talent across business and technology.

Our founding team members are industry veterans with over 25 years of business and technology experience leading global companies, and they possess expertise in identifying top talent.

Our recruitment process is highly personalized and tailored to each customer's unique needs. We take the time to thoroughly understand our customer's business, products, market position, corporate culture, employee benefits, and candidate expectations, to ensure that we are delivering top-quality candidates that are an ideal fit for their organization.

Our services:

1) Executive Search

2) Business & IT Fulltime Placements

3) Contingency Staffing

4) Retained Search

Our differentiators:

- 40%+ faster turnaround time compared to market

- 30%+ cost-effective compared to big firms

- 90%+ profile acceptance

- Ability to serve across industries and technology

- Personalized / Tailored approach

- Easily accessible to our customers

Industries we serve:

- Software

- IT & Business Consulting Services

- Insurance

- Pharma & Medical Devices

- Financial Services

- PE & VC Backed Businesses

- Utility

- Manufacturing

- Defense

- Retail

Our Expertise:

C-Suite, Senior Leadership (Business & IT), Oracle ERP, SAP S/4 HANA, Salesforce, CPQ, Cyber Security, Data Science, Data Privacy, Project Management, Business Analysis, Six Sigma, ServiceNow, MuleSoft, Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, M&A, Analytics, HRIS, Workday, PMO, Business Process Analysis, Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud etc.

Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
1-10 employees
Headquarters
Warren, NJ
Year Founded
2022
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