DevOps Engineer(with ML experience)

About Windward:

Windward is the leading Maritime AI™ company, offering a powerful platform for risk

management and maritime domain awareness. Our technology enables governments, financial

institutions, and shipping and energy companies to make smarter, faster decisions by predicting

maritime events before they happen. continue to grow, innovate, and lead in our field.

About the Role:

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with a strong understanding of MLOps—or an ML

Engineer with a passion for DevOps—to join our R&D team. You’ll work closely with our data

science and engineering teams to support the full machine learning lifecycle, from infrastructure

and automation to deployment and monitoring of production models.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable ML infrastructure on AWS
• Work with ML engineers to deploy and monitor models in production
• Automate training, testing, deployment, and monitoring workflows (CI/CD)
• Manage infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Operate and optimize Kubernetes clusters for ML workloads (e.g., GPU support, autoscaling)
• Build Python tooling for data pipelines, experimentation, and model versioning
• Monitor and optimize ML systems for performance, reliability, and cost

What We’re Looking For:

• DevOps background with experience in MLOps, or ML Engineer with strong DevOps skills
• Expertise in AWS services, especially around data and compute (S3, EKS, Lambda, SageMaker, etc.)
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production
• Solid understanding of Terraform and infrastructure as code principles
• Proficiency in Python development for ML workflows
• Familiarity with ML lifecycle tools (MLflow, Kubeflow, etc.)
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Passion for clean code, automation, and scalable infrastructure

Nice to Have:

• Experience with observability and monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Knowledge of container security and compliance practices
• Familiarity with GPU workloads, data lakes, or distributed ML training
• Experience and understanding of GenAI technologies (Bedrock, LangGraph,LangFuse ) and ability to leverage those to boost productivity.

Why Join Windward?

• Be part of a mission-driven company transforming global maritime intelligence
• Help shape MLOps strategy and infrastructure from the ground up
• Collaborate with top talent in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment
• Enjoy competitive compensation, flexibility, and a strong growth path