Specialist

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title:Specialist

Location(s): Austin TX


Job Description
A public-sector transportation agency is seeking a Software Developer Specialist to support AI-driven software development initiatives. The selected candidate will focus on engineering-related software services including:

• Model ingestion and deployment
• Automated quantity extraction
• Plan conformance validation
• CI/CD automation
• AI-powered transportation engineering solutions

The role involves transforming proof-of-concept AI models into scalable production-ready web applications that support transportation engineering workflows. Responsibilities include developing secure enterprise-grade web interfaces integrating AI/ML solutions and supporting digital delivery roadway asset detection and plan review automation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy scalable AI/ML-powered web applications.
• Build and maintain secure enterprise-ready software solutions.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.
• Integrate machine learning computer vision and LLM technologies into business workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering and technical teams to modernize transportation-related processes.
• Support cloud-based AI/ML infrastructure and production deployments.
• Optimize model performance and manage MLOps workflows.

Required Skills & Experience
Cloud & Infrastructure (8 Years)

• AWS Azure GCP or OCI.
• AI/ML cloud services such as Azure AI AWS SageMaker/Bedrock GCP Vertex AI and OCI AI Services.

DevOps & Automation (8 Years)

• Docker Kubernetes Ansible.
• CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins or similar platforms.

Databases (8 Years)

• SQL databases (PostgreSQL MySQL).
• NoSQL and vector databases.

Scripting (8 Years)

• Bash
• PowerShell

Python Development (3 Years)

• Production-level Python development experience.

AI/ML & Data Science (3 Years)

• NLP and LLMs (BERT GPT T5 RAG fine-tuning prompt engineering).
• Time-series forecasting and anomaly detection.
• Recommender systems and personalization engines.
• Computer vision using PyTorch TensorFlow OpenCV YOLO object detection and segmentation.
• Distributed model training and multi-GPU environments.
• Feature engineering and feature stores (Feast Tecton).
• Model optimization techniques including quantization pruning and knowledge distillation.
• Experience with Ollama Hugging Face or other open-source/non-frontier models.

MLOps (3 Years)

• MLflow
• Weights & Biases
• Kubeflow
• Airflow or similar platforms

Production AI Experience (2 Years)

• Successfully built and deployed ML models serving real-world users.

Preferred Qualifications

• GIS and geospatial data analysis experience.
• Transportation logistics or smart city domain experience.
• Computer vision applications for infrastructure or vehicle-related data.
• Public-sector security compliance and governance experience.
• Unreal Engine and digital twin technologies.
• Google Maps and Cesium API experience.
• Polygonflow Dash experience.

Additional Information
All project deliverables will be considered work-for-hire and become the property of the client.
Background checks may be required in accordance with applicable laws and agency policies.
No interview or candidate discussion fees will be paid.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.