AI Deployment Engineer/Manager

Safari AI is hiring an AI Deployment Engineer/Manager for a remote role open to applicants in United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Safari AI.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting lists this role as remote.
Tools and skills the posting cites include AI agents and computer vision.
Level lists 8 other open roles at Safari AI.
The role was posted in the last few days.

AI in this role

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About Safari AI Safari AI's vision is to Automate Action of the leading companies in the physical economy, from Entertainment, Live Venues, QSR's, Retail and beyond. The company uses computer vision AI to Measure, Alert and provide AI-generated Recommendations at the operations of leading enterprises such as Merlin/Legoland, 7-11, Tanger Outlets, Charlotte Hornets, Tennessee Titans, and more. Leadership & Culture Safari AI is founded by Ali Vahabzadeh, who has a meaningful exit under his belt and has managed large, high-performing Go To Market and Engineering teams. The company is headquartered in Miami with the Engineering team co-located in Vancouver. About You And How You Succeed At Safari AI You're excited to build a product and invent a market that hasn't existed before. You read documentation first and are not afraid to ask for help when uncertain. You're looking to take ownership/run a singular project and take advantage of the freedom and culture an early stage startup can provide. You are looking to see through the fluff of the modern AI landscape and explore new ways of achieving measurable ROI. Enjoy a small team size ~10, project team of 1-3.

About the Role

We're hiring an AI Deployment Engineer/Manager to bring Safari AI's computer vision system to life at theme parks, stadiums, retail stores and live venues. You'll report to the Deployment lead and work alongside our ML and Engineering teams. This is forward-deployed work: cameras, edge computers, networks and servers, from the first site survey to a live, monitored system.

You'll get real ownership quickly. In your first 90 days you'll run parts of deployments with support from the team. By month six you'll own smaller deployments and pilot kits yourself. After about 12 months, a successful hire can grow into a senior Deployment Engineer, Solutions Engineering or Client Success role.

This role is remote within the U.S., with regular travel to customer sites.

What You Will Be Doing

Hardware Provisioning & Linux Administration: Set up and configure edge computers (x86 GPU servers and NVIDIA Jetson), cameras, network switches and 5G/LTE modems before they ship. Maintain, patch and troubleshoot Linux systems in the field, and improve our install scripts and Ansible playbooks.
On-Site Deployment & Implementation: Travel to customer sites to install and connect cameras and edge devices, verify camera streams and angles, and bring systems online. Work with installation contractors and customer IT teams to keep rollouts on schedule.
Solution Design (with the Deployment lead): Run pre-deployment assessments covering camera inventory, network layout, bandwidth sizing, redundancy and rack space. Help spec ML/GPU hardware and design site-to-site and VPN connections.
Project Coordination: Track hardware inventory, order from preferred vendors, coordinate shipping, and keep checklists, timelines and status reports current.
Customer Support & Monitoring: Be a technical point of contact for customers during and after deployment. Respond to alerts such as an offline camera or edge device, and resolve or escalate issues with clear notes.
Documentation & Automation: Write installation guides, SOPs and handoff documents, and use AI tools and scripts to automate repetitive deployment and support work.

What We're Looking For

A degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience
0–3 years of experience in IT, system administration, network support, field engineering or a similar role (internships, co-ops and homelab projects count)
Comfortable on the Linux command line: SSH, permissions, services, logs and basic shell scripting
Basic networking: IP addressing, subnets, DHCP, DNS, switches and PoE
Comfortable with physical hardware: racking a server, running and testing cable, mounting and aiming a camera, working on a ladder
Strong troubleshooting habits: you narrow a problem down step by step and write down what you tried
Clear written and verbal communication with teammates, contractors and customer IT staff
Organized, detail-oriented and a fast learner in new technical environments

Bonus Points

Experience with IP cameras, NVR/VMS systems or RTSP streams (Axis, Hanwha, Hikvision and similar)
Experience with NVIDIA Jetson, GPUs or other edge AI hardware
Ansible, Docker, OpenVPN/WireGuard or other automation and remote-access tools
CompTIA Network+, CCNA or a homelab you can tell us about
Consulting, robotics or computer vision experience
You've built or used an AI agent to automate your own work

Additional Requirements

Must be permanently authorized to work in the U.S. (e.g., U.S. citizen or green card holder). We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of work visas, now or in the future.
Able to travel regularly to customer sites, sometimes on short notice
Willing to work evenings and weekends when sites are closed to guests, and to respond to emergencies on priority projects
Able to lift and carry up to 50 lb of equipment

Why bet on Computer Vision and Safari AI?

Huge opportunity hiding in plain sight: leveraging already-installed cameras to automate and real-time action on operational data
Already the market leader in enterprise CV by working with industry leaders with billions in revenue
Large chasm between customer knowledge and market availability, i.e. customers don't know what is available in the market...yet.
Early leader in computer vision; everyone is small and unbranded (i.e. no Amazon or Google in the room to compete with)
Very modular, allowing Safari AI and its customers to invent whole new use cases on a regular basis
Developed the tech and data pipelines over three years and invested several million dollars and is now ready to scale

How we rate this

AI Deployment Engineer/Manager at Safari AI rates 64 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

AI Deployment Engineer/Manager is an open job at Safari AI.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The role is based in United States (Remote) and is marked remote.
The job was posted on October 26, 2026.
Seniority: junior.
Applications are handled by Safari AI. Apply on Safari AI

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

AI agentsComputer vision

Questions you could be asked

How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
Walk me through a computer vision problem you solved, from raw data to a deployed model.
Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
If you removed AI from this role, what would be left, and how do you decide what still needs a human?

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List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents and Computer vision. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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