<p>Job#: 3030091</p> <p>Job Description:</p> <p>AI Platform Engineer</p> <p>Location: Madison, Wisconsin (Partial Remote)</p> <p>Employment Type: Contract to Perm</p> <p>Role Overview</p> <p>The AI Platform Engineer leads the design, build, and operation of enterprise AI platform capabilities that enable teams to develop, deploy, and monitor AI systems safely and at scale. This role involves partnering with the Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence, AI Governance, Infrastructure, Security, and engineering teams to provide reusable platform services. The AI Platform Engineer ensures AI platforms are reliable, cost-effective, observable, and aligned with enterprise architecture and governance standards.</p> <p>Key Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Design, build, and operate enterprise AI, MLOps, and LLMOps platform capabilities supporting model development, deployment, and lifecycle management. </li><li>Implement standardized, end-to-end AI pipelines including data ingestion, training, evaluation, approval workflows, deployment automation, and monitoring. </li><li>Create reusable platform templates and reference architectures for common AI patterns such as predictive ML, GenAI, RAG, and agentic workflows. </li><li>Embed security, privacy, and AI governance controls directly into platform services using policy-as-code and automated guardrails. </li><li>Implement platform observability, reliability engineering practices, SLIs/SLOs, logging, metrics, alerting, and incident response for AI services. </li><li>Partner with AI Governance, Risk, Legal, Privacy, and Security teams to ensure responsible AI practices and regulatory readiness. </li><li>Provide technical leadership for AI platform roadmap planning, backlog prioritization, and delivery sequencing. </li><li>Optimize platform performance, cost, and capacity for AI workloads. </li><li>Enable adoption through documentation, onboarding materials, and internal enablement for delivery teams. </li></ul> <p>Required Qualifications</p> <p>Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional work experience.</p> <p>Experience: 7+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps/SRE, cloud infrastructure, or software engineering, with at least 3 years supporting AI/ML platforms.</p> <p>Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, containerization, and cloud-native architectures. A working knowledge of AI/ML and GenAI delivery patterns is required, including model lifecycle management and evaluation concepts. Experience implementing secure access patterns, secrets management, and role-based provisioning for enterprise platforms is also necessary.</p> <p>Preferred Qualifications</p> <ul> <li>An advanced degree is preferred. </li><li>Experience building or operating enterprise AI platforms leveraging Azure AI services or comparable cloud offerings. </li><li>Familiarity with responsible AI and governance practices in regulated environments. </li><li>Experience supporting internal developer platforms or enterprise self-service tooling. </li><li>Prior experience in insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries. </li></ul> <p>Compensation & Benefits</p> <p>The salary for this position is projected to be between $125,000 and $150,000 annually. The pay rate range is projected to be between $60.00 and $85.00 per hour. A comprehensive benefits package is available to eligible employees.</p> <p>This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.</p> <p>Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.</p> <p>If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228.</p> <p>Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.</p> <p>Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.</p> <p>Employee Type:</p> <p>Contract</p> <p>Location:</p> <p>Madison, WI, US</p> <p>Job Type:</p> <p>Applications and Data Management</p> <p>Date Posted:</p> <p>April 10, 2026</p> <p>Pay Range:</p> <p>$60 - $85 per hour</p> <p>Similar Jobs</p> <ul> <li>Platform Engineer </li><li>Platform Engineer </li><li>AI Engineer </li><li>AI Engineer </li><li>AI Engineer </li></ul>