Job Description:Lead AI Platform Engineer (DevOps, MLOps)Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career. The Impact You'll Make in this Role 3M is seeking a talented and experienced Lead AI Platform Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for implementing and optimizing LLMOps, MLOps pipelines and frameworks, leveraging your expertise in cloud platforms and DevOps automation tools. The ideal candidate will possess strong collaboration, communication, leadership, and technical skills to drive the success of our projects.
As a Lead AI Platform Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Lead the design and implementation of AI/ML architecture, ensuring optimal orchestration, deployment, and performance of models.
- Deploy scalable, full-stack applications and Agentic AI solutions integrated seamlessly within existing enterprise systems.
- Design and implement efficient MLOps pipelines for quantitative ML models, Large Language Models (LLMs), ensuring robust deployment, observability, and maintenance.
- Establish best practices for AI orchestration, application development, and MLOps, promoting reliability and scalability.
- Provide technical leadership and support cross-functional teams by troubleshooting complex issues and driving continuous innovation initiatives.
- Supporting cross-functional teams by providing technical expertise, troubleshooting issues, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
In this role, you will play a crucial part in driving the success of our Generative AI projects, leveraging your expertise and leadership skills to deliver innovative solutions and contribute to the advancement of AI technology.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and optimize DevOps pipelines for efficient deployment and monitoring of AI models.
- Develop and maintain robust and scalable solutions for the GenAI platform.
- Integrate and coordinate various AI services and components using APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.
- Establish end to end framework for model observability, infrastructure performance monitoring and FinOps.
- Research and evaluate new technologies and frameworks for MLOps and automation.
Your Skills and Expertise To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering (completed and verified prior to star)
- Four (4) years of experience in platform engineering/DevOps in a private, public, government or military environment.
- Two (2) years of experience in MLOps, automation, or DevOps using tools such as Docker, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Airflow, MLflow or other open-source technologies.
- Two (2) years of experience in Infrastructure as Code tools like Bicep, Cloud formation, Code build, Terraform.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field from an accredited institution.
- Strong knowledge of AWS or Azure Cloud platform.
- Experience with API Operations, API Gateways, RESTful APIs, message brokers, and event-driven architectures.
- Familiarity with NLP & AI concepts and frameworks, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Work location: On site in Maplewood, MNTravel: May include up to 10% domestic and international Relocation Assistance: Is AuthorizedMust be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).Supporting Your Well-being 3M offers many programs to help you live your best life - both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $164,612 - $201,193, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: _careers-working-at-3m/benefits/.
Good Faith Posting Date Range 12/24/2025 To 01/23/2026 Or until filled
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