What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer I position at Torch.AI?
The world’s most consequential systems need the world’s best builders.
A new era is taking shape. AI is no longer confined to models or interfaces. It is becoming the foundation of how decisions are made across governments, industries, and real-world environments. What matters now is not just access to capability, but how it is applied, controlled, and sustained over time.
Torch.AI builds a government-owned reasoning infrastructure which creates a Reasoning Layer to enable machine reasoning at scale, in environments where it is hardest to achieve and least tolerant of failure. This is not incremental software. It is long-term infrastructure designed to endure, integrate, and evolve alongside the systems it supports.
Not another dashboard. Not another workflow app. Not another black-box model glued to a PowerPoint.
The Reasoning Layer is a modular architecture where data is connected, governed, transformed, represented, fused, reasoned over, and delivered into mission applications and operational workflows. It does not replace systems of record. It enables them to function better together.
The Reasoning Layer is comprised of: ORCUS (ingestion, orchestration, governance), NEXUS (semantic representation, vectorization), HALO (graph-based fusion and reasoning) and various product and capability components deployed for specific customer use cases.
We are seeking candidates who approach problems creatively, are comfortable operating without full clarity, and take responsibility for outcomes, not just implementation.
If you’re driven to strengthen U.S. defense readiness and protect national interests, Torch.AI offers meaningful impact at national scale.
What You’ll Do
We offer competitive, performance-aligned compensation tied to technical depth, clearance level, and mission impact.
Total Rewards Include
A new era is taking shape. AI is no longer confined to models or interfaces. It is becoming the foundation of how decisions are made across governments, industries, and real-world environments. What matters now is not just access to capability, but how it is applied, controlled, and sustained over time.
Torch.AI builds a government-owned reasoning infrastructure which creates a Reasoning Layer to enable machine reasoning at scale, in environments where it is hardest to achieve and least tolerant of failure. This is not incremental software. It is long-term infrastructure designed to endure, integrate, and evolve alongside the systems it supports.
Not another dashboard. Not another workflow app. Not another black-box model glued to a PowerPoint.
The Reasoning Layer is a modular architecture where data is connected, governed, transformed, represented, fused, reasoned over, and delivered into mission applications and operational workflows. It does not replace systems of record. It enables them to function better together.
The Reasoning Layer is comprised of: ORCUS (ingestion, orchestration, governance), NEXUS (semantic representation, vectorization), HALO (graph-based fusion and reasoning) and various product and capability components deployed for specific customer use cases.
We are seeking candidates who approach problems creatively, are comfortable operating without full clarity, and take responsibility for outcomes, not just implementation.
If you’re driven to strengthen U.S. defense readiness and protect national interests, Torch.AI offers meaningful impact at national scale.
What You’ll Do
- Support CI/CD pipelines and automate build/test/deployment tasks under guidance.
- Contribute to infrastructure-as-code workflows using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tooling.
- Assist with Docker-based containerization and development environment support.
- Monitor system metrics and logs using common observability tools.
- Support cloud deployments in AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
- Help debug configuration and deployment issues across environments.
- Document deployment steps and operational runbooks.
- B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 0–2 years of DevOps, infrastructure, or systems administration experience.
- Basic understanding of CI/CD concepts and Git workflows.
- Familiarity with Linux environments and scripting (Bash or Python).
- Exposure to Docker and at least one cloud platform.
- Strong willingness to learn secure deployment patterns and infrastructure fundamentals.
- Exposure to Kubernetes, ECS, Helm, or container orchestration.
- Familiarity with Prometheus/Grafana/ELK tooling.
- Awareness of STIG hardening or vulnerability scanning concepts.
- Interest in high-side or isolated cloud environments.
We offer competitive, performance-aligned compensation tied to technical depth, clearance level, and mission impact.
Total Rewards Include
- Competitive base salary
- Quarterly performance bonuses
- Equity participation within the first 12 months
- Unlimited PTO 11 paid company holidays
- Professional development in a high-growth, mission-driven environment
- Weekly in-office catering at HQ
- 401(k) plan (no current employer match, but under consideration)
- PPO, HSA, and TRICARE Supplement medical options
- Above-market HSA contributions
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care FSA options
- Dental and vision plans above national averages
- Employer-paid life insurance (1× salary)
- Employer-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage
- Up to $300/month in tax-advantaged commuter benefits