REFRAME Platform Architect

🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $120K - $150K 💻 Software Engineering 🗓️ August 25th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

NC State University is hiring a REFRAME Platform Architect. This senior technical leader will design and develop the AI-enabled, open-source REFRAME platform's software and infrastructure, focusing on building scalable, secure, and efficient machine learning operations (MLOps) capabilities. The role involves strategic planning, system architecture, technology selection, DevOps, security compliance, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to transition ML models from research to production.

Highlights

Lead software and infrastructure development for the REFRAME project's ML platform, covering data ingestion, feature store, model training, serving, and monitoring.
Design and implement MLOps pipelines using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
Architect security measures including IAM/RBAC, network segmentation, and data encryption across ML workflows.
Define technical vision and multi-year roadmap integrating cloud-native services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and tools like Kubeflow, MLflow, and Airflow.
Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, product managers, and external partners to ensure production-ready ML model deployment.
Requires advanced proficiency in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, and ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
Preferred experience includes Generative AI/LLMs, zero-trust network design, NoSQL/Vector databases, and feature stores.
Minimum qualifications: Master's + 2+ years or Bachelor's + 4+ years in software/data/platform engineering with ML/AI MLOps expertise.
Compensation range: $120,000 - $150,000 depending on experience.
Employment within the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Engineering at NC State University.