Lead Machine Learning Engineer (MLOps, PyTorch, AWS)

Salary: $179,400 - 245,600 per year Requirements:

• Bachelors degree
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in designing and developing data-intensive solutions using distributed computing (Internship experience is not applicable)
• At least 4 years of programming experience with Python, Scala, or Java
• A minimum of 2 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing machine learning systems
• Masters or doctoral degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a related field (preferred)
• 3+ years of experience in creating production-ready data pipelines for machine learning models (preferred)
• 3+ years of practical experience with established machine learning frameworks such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow (preferred)
• 2+ years of experience in developing high-performance, resilient, and maintainable code (preferred)
• 2+ years of experience in data collection and preparation for machine learning models (preferred)
• 2+ years of leadership experience (preferred)
• 1+ years of experience guiding teams in developing machine learning solutions using industry best practices (preferred)
• Exposure to developing and deploying machine learning solutions in public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (preferred)
• Experience in designing, implementing, and scaling complex data pipelines for machine learning models and assessing their performance (preferred)
• Demonstrated impact in the machine learning field through conference presentations, publications, blog posts, open source contributions, or patents (preferred)

• Design, construct, and deliver machine learning models and components that address real-world business challenges while collaborating with Product and Data Science teams.
• Utilize your understanding of machine learning modeling techniques to inform infrastructure decisions, including model selection, data and feature selection, training, hyperparameter tuning, and validation.
• Tackle complex issues by writing and testing application code, developing and validating machine learning models, and automating testing and deployment processes.
• Work within a cross-functional Agile team to create and enhance software that supports advanced big data and machine learning applications.
• Retrain, maintain, and oversee production models.
• Utilize or develop cloud-based architectures, technologies, or platforms to deliver optimized machine learning models at scale.
• Create efficient data pipelines to feed machine learning models.
• Apply continuous integration and continuous deployment practices, including test automation and monitoring, to ensure successful deployment of machine learning models and application code.
• Ensure code is well-managed to minimize vulnerabilities, maintain proper governance of models from a risk standpoint, and adhere to best practices in responsible and explainable AI.
• Use programming languages such as Python, Scala, or Java.

• AI
• AWS
• Azure
• Big Data
• Cloud
• Java
• Machine Learning
• PyTorch
• Python
• Scala
• Spark
• TensorFlow
• Support
• Kubernetes

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last updated 33 week of 2026