Staff MLOps Engineer
Overview
We are looking for a seasoned Staff MLOps Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and scaling of enterprise-grade machine learning platforms on AWS. This role will focus on building reliable, secure, and cost-efficient MLOps systems that enable data scientists and engineers to deploy, monitor, and manage ML models in production. As a Staff Engineer, you will provide technical leadership, define best practices, and drive cross-team alignment on ML platform architecture.
Duties & Responsibilities
MLOps Platform & Architecture
- Architect and own scalable MLOps platforms on AWS supporting model training, deployment, monitoring, and governance.
- Design and maintain end-to-end ML CI/CD pipelines, including data validation, model training, testing, approval, and deployment.
- Establish standards for model lifecycle management, experiment tracking, versioning, reproducibility, and rollback.
Model Deployment & Monitoring
- Enable real‑time, batch, and asynchronous model inference using AWS-native and container‑based solutions.
- Implement monitoring for model performance, data drift, concept drift, and operational metrics.
- Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and observability for production ML systems.
AWS Cloud & Infrastructure
- Lead design and implementation using AWS services, including but not limited to:
- Amazon SageMaker (training, hosting, pipelines, feature store)
- EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda for model serving and orchestration
- S3, Glue, Athena, Redshift for data storage and analytics
- CloudWatch, X‑Ray for logging and monitoring
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
- Optimize ML workloads for cost, performance, and scalability, including GPU/spot instance strategies.
DevOps, Security & Compliance
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline.
- Enforce security best practices (IAM, VPC, encryption, secrets management).
- Support compliance, auditability, and governance requirements for ML systems.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration
- Serve as a Staff‑level technical leader, influencing MLOps architecture across multiple teams.
- Mentor engineers and data scientists on production ML best practices.
- Partner with Data Science, Data Engineering, Platform, and Product teams to align ML solutions with business goals.
- Contribute to the long‑term ML platform roadmap and strategy.
Skills Required
Mandatory Skills Required:
- 11–13 years of overall experience, with 5+ years in MLOps, ML Platform, or ML Infrastructure roles.
- Strong experience deploying and operating machine learning models in production on AWS.
- Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit‑learn.
- Deep hands‑on experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
- Strong understanding of Amazon SageMaker and its ecosystem.
- Experience with CI/CD systems and Git‑based workflows.
- Solid background in distributed systems, system design, and cloud architecture.
Preferred / Nice‑to‑Have Skills:
- Experience with SageMaker Feature Store, Pipelines, Model Registry, or MLflow.
- Exposure to LLMOps / GenAI on AWS (Bedrock, custom LLM deployment, vector databases like OpenSearch, Pinecone).
- Experience with streaming and real‑time pipelines (Kafka, Kinesis, Spark).
- Experience in regulated or high‑scale environments (finance, healthcare, retail, etc.).
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Machine Learning Specialty) are a plus.
Soft Skills:
- Strong ownership and decision‑making ability at a Staff level.
- Excellent communication skills across engineering, data science, and leadership teams.
- Ability to balance short‑term delivery with long‑term platform vision.
- Passion for building reliable, scalable, and maintainable ML systems.
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four‑year college or university, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 11–13 years of overall experience, with 5+ years in MLOps, ML Platform, or ML Infrastructure roles.
Perks & Benefits
- Sodexo Meal Coupon
- Internet Reimbursement
- Mobile Reimbursement
- Gym Reimbursement
- Health Insurance - Personal, Term Life Policy, Dependents, Dental Cover, OPD Cover & etc
- Transport Facility - Subsidized Rate