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Cloud Computing Developer

Illinois: Chicago💼 Full-time💰 $95,000–$95,000🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build and operate research infrastructure for cloud computing and AI, designing solutions that adapt cloud computing to scientific needs and developing an AI-based conversational assistant for testbed users.

Role type

Senior IC Cloud Computing Developer (Research & Operations)

Builds

Research infrastructure (Chameleon), AI conversational assistants, planning/provisioning agents, and validation benchmark suites.

Domain

Academic Cloud Computing, AI/ML, Scientific Computing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Cloud systems (OpenStack, AWS), Python, Unix/Linux, Git, Virtualization (Xen, KVM), Containers (Docker), System Administration (Ceph, MariaDB), DevOps/CICD (Jenkins, Ansible), LLMs, Prompt Engineering, RAG pipelines, AI agent frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex)

Preferred skills

Open source contributions, Distributed systems, Performance analysis, Resource/Data management, Front-end frameworks (React, Vue), Jupyter notebooks

Technologies

OpenStack, AWS, Python, Git, Xen, KVM, Docker, Ceph, MariaDB, Jenkins, Ansible, LangChain, LlamaIndex, React, Vue, Jupyter

Responsibilities

Design and build new cloud solutions based on state-of-the-art technologies; extend open source systems and manage system upgrades; work directly with users to identify requirements and troubleshoot issues; collaborate with science researchers; contribute to academic papers; perform code testing and evaluate design alternatives.

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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