MLOps Engineer: AWS, CI/CD & Production AI

Motion Recruitment; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Machine Learning Operations Engineer in the Chicago area. The role focuses on building CI/CD pipelines for ML workloads, managing cloud infrastructure, and ensuring reliable deployment and monitoring of production AI systems.

You will work closely with AI engineers and technical leadership while remaining hands-on with cutting-edge AI technologies. Ideal candidates bring 3–5 years in DevOps/MLOps, strong Python and Docker/Kubernetes skills, and experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 3–5 years in DevOps, MLOps, data engineering, or related roles.
• Experience with cloud AI platforms (AWS Bedrock familiarity).
• Proficiency in Python and CI/CD tooling.
• Familiarity with data analytics basics and monitoring tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for ML workloads.
• Manage cloud infrastructure and production AI systems.
• Deploy, monitor and scale ML models securely and reliably.
• Collaborate with AI engineers and technical leadership.

Skills

Databricks

AWS

Python

CI/CD tooling

Monitoring/observability

SQL

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field

Tools

Docker

Git

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Machine Learning Operations Engineer in the Chicago area. The role focuses on building CI/CD pipelines for ML workloads, managing cloud infrastructure, and ensuring reliable deployment and monitoring of production AI systems.

You will work closely with AI engineers and technical leadership while remaining hands-on with cutting-edge AI technologies. Ideal candidates bring 3–5 years in DevOps/MLOps, strong Python and Docker/Kubernetes skills, and experience with