Staff DevOps Engineer (Security Clearance Required)
Staff DevOps Engineer (Security Clearance Required)
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About LILT
LILT was founded by Spence and John who met at Google working on Google Translate and saw the need for better AI-powered translation in the enterprise. Since 2015 LILT has focused on building cutting-edge language technology investing early in Large Language Models to improve translation quality and meet the demands of global organizations.
Today LILTs Contextual AI Engine Connector APIs and Human Adaptive Feedback deliver accurate nuanced translation across text video and speech in 100 languages. Integrated with 100 business systems LILT helps enterprises scale global growth and deliver seamless multilingual experiences. We are trusted by Intel Corporation Canva the United States Department of Defense the United States Air Force ASICS and hundreds of global Enterprises. LILT is backed by visionary investors including Intel Capital Sequoia Capital and Redpoint.
The Engineering Team at Lilt
Lilt is a high-performance large-scale language translation system. We invest in and prioritize workflow (i.e. usability and interface design) and backend AI systems. Since the translation workforce is distributed worldwide there are interesting cloud engineering problems to solve. We have a strong preference for building our own backend technology so youll be implementing and working with the latest natural language processing (NLP) techniques and ideas.
Where youll work
Get the best of both worlds at LILT! Dive into dynamic in-office energy 2 days a week sparking creativity and forging bonds with your awesome team. Then seamlessly shift gears and crush your to-do list from the comfort of your home base for the rest of the week. Its the perfect harmony of productivity and personal freedom. Want a peek inside Visit our Careers page!
This position is solely based out of our Washington D.C metropolitan area (or Annapolis Junction MD) where you will start as fully remote and then transition to hybrid once offices are opened in this location. Fully remote applicants will also be considered.
What Youll Do
Lilt is seeking a world-class devops engineer to build highly reliable software systems at Lilt. Your job will be to apply your software talents to our infrastructure and operations needs including bare-metal Linux deployments and commercial deployments in GCP and AWS. Our system requires low latency worldwide so youll continuously improve our multi-region configuration and help us expand into new regions. You will collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to support new and on-going products.
This position is based out of our Washington D.C. hub where you will start as fully remote and then transition to hybrid once an office is opened.
Key Responsibilities:
Support technical operations in our development and production systems
Deliver infrastructure engineering projects to support company initiatives
Collaborate with our research and development teams to deliver software fast and reliably
Secure our platform infrastructure and harden our on-premise builds
Ensure high uptime and fast multi-regional server and DB performance for the production system
Work with engineering teams to set measure and reach SLIs and SLOs for SLAs
Contribute to infrastructure and engineering roadmap planning set and attain quarterly OKRs
Execute on the roadmap in sprints and adhere to SCRUM best practices
Introduce and implement new technologies and best practices in InfoSec DevOps and Site Reliability
Support our self-managed customers on-site
Skills and Experience:
The candidate is required to have and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and to satisfy other security-related requirements.
Minimum 3 years experience as Linux System Administrator DevOps Engineer or similar position.
Strong knowledge of at least one scripting language (e.g. Python Bash).
High proficiency with at least one configuration management/infrastructure as code (IaC) tool preferably Terraform.
Experience with GCP services such as Compute Engine shared VPC and data analytics or equivalents from other vendors.
Solid understanding of Docker and hands-on experience with orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes or Swarm.
Expertise in monitoring/alerting and maintaining high production availability
Experience with CI/CD tools and concepts such as Jenkins
Preferred but not required: Experience in DevSecOps best practices MLOps GCP Landzone and/or DB administration
U.S. citizenship is a precondition of employment.
The candidate is required to have and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and to satisfy other security-related requirements.
Benefits
Compensation: Competitive salary meaningful equity 401(k) matching and flexible time off plus company holidays.
Medical Benefits: Employees receive coverage of medical dental and vision insurance and more. In addition Lilt pays for basic life insurance short-term disability and long-term disability.
Paid parental leave is provided after 6 months.
Monthly lifestyle benefit stipend via the Fringe platform to allow employees to customize benefits to their lifestyle.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
