EchoStar is seeking to reimagine the future of connectivity and is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead their AI Engineering team to enable the scalable deployment of AI/GenAI applications in production environments
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS preferred, or Azure, or GCP) and managing containerized systems (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Deep expertise in the AI/ML lifecycle and MLOps practices, including deployment, monitoring, and scaling in regulated or mission-critical environments
- Experience with GenAI technologies—LLMs, vector search, inference optimization—and related tools (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, Vertex AI, SageMaker)
- Strong coding proficiency in Python, Java, or Go, with DevSecOps and infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform, Pulumi)
- Experience with Databricks is preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor an Agile team of software engineers, MLOps, and cloud specialists delivering AI, GenAI, and agentic solutions
- Champion engineering excellence with secure, reliable, and scalable cloud-native architectures
- Establish CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing tailored to AI/ML workflows
- Partner with data science, product, and platform teams to enable rapid, compliant, and production-grade AI deployments
- Drive the technical roadmap, architectural decisions, and incident resolution while fostering a DevOps/MLOps culture of continuous improvement
- Stay current with GenAI trends and innovations to enhance system performance, reliability, and team productivity
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science or related degree
- 5+ years of experience in engineering leadership roles, with a strong background in cloud-native development and operations
- Excellent communication skills with a track record of translating technical solutions into business impact
- Proven ability to lead Agile teams, driving technical delivery and cross-functional collaboration
- Visa sponsorship not available for this role
