Sr. AI Platform Engineer
RealPage, Inc. · Richardson, TX
$105,800–$180,200from the description
Jul 19, 2026
Richardson, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior infrastructure and platform engineering role focused on building and operating the foundational systems that support production AI agent workloads. Day-to-day work spans CI/CD pipeline automation, Kubernetes and Terraform-based deployments, cloud security, and observability, alongside cross-team governance and engineering mentorship. Suits experienced cloud platform engineers with hands-on AI/ML service deployment and a strong automation background.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,450 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,450–5,200
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is fully remote per the '#LI-REMOTE' tag; no specific metro or state is listed.
SOC classification is a judgment call: the role blends platform/infrastructure engineering (CI/CD, Terraform, Kubernetes) with hands-on AI/ML service delivery and coding. It was classified as Software Developers (15-1252) because the JD emphasizes building and automating production AI platform infrastructure with code, rather than purely operating existing systems. Network and Computer Systems Administrators (15-1244) is the runner-up given the heavy operational and infrastructure focus.
The 8–10 year overall experience range maps to a minimum of 8 years (the overall years minimum of 8); the 7+ years on cloud platforms and 4+ years scripting are embedded within that overall requirement.
The AI coding tools requirement (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) is listed under Required with a stated 2–3 year range; minimum of 2 years is captured. These are treated as interchangeable alternatives for the same requirement.
Python and JavaScript are listed as preferred scripting languages ('preferably Python and JavaScript') but sit within the Required section under a firm '4+ years scripting and automation experience' gate — Python is captured as the primary with JavaScript as an alternative.
Agentic AI frameworks (LangGraph, Google ADK), observability tools (LangSmith, Grafana/LGTM), GPU infrastructure (NVIDIA GPU Operator, Vertex AI), and DAG orchestration (Dagster, Prefect, Airflow) all appear under the 'Preferred Differentiators' heading and are marked preferred accordingly.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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