Senior MLOps Engineer - Relocation to Paarl

Placements24; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health & retirement benefits

Training & certifications in MLOps

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior MLOps Engineer to join a leading AI analytics platform team in Paarl, Western Cape. You will bridge model development and production deployment, building robust MLOps pipelines and automating ML workflows to ensure CI/CD, delivery, and monitoring of models.

The role requires 5+ years in software/DevOps with at least 2 years in MLOps, strong cloud and containerization experience, Python scripting, and proficiency with ML frameworks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering or DevOps experience.
• 2+ years focused on MLOps.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Python scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) and ML lifecycle concepts.
• Understanding of monitoring, logging, and model versioning.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for ML models.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring of ML models.
• Develop infrastructure for ML experimentation, training, and inference.
• Implement tools for model versioning, reproducibility, and lineage tracking.
• Monitor performance and drift; plan retraining and updates.
• Collaborate with data scientists to streamline the ML lifecycle.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and security of MLOps infra.
• Apply data governance and model validation best practices.
• Troubleshoot deployment and performance issues.
• Stay updated with emerging MLOps tools and practices.

Skills

5+ years SWE/DevOps

2+ years MLOps

Cloud platforms

Python

CI/CD tooling

ML frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior MLOps Engineer to join a leading AI analytics platform team in Paarl, Western Cape. You will bridge model development and production deployment, building robust MLOps pipelines and automating ML workflows to ensure CI/CD, delivery, and monitoring of models.

The role requires 5+ years in software/DevOps with at least 2 years in MLOps, strong cloud and containerization experience, Python scripting, and proficiency with ML frameworks.