Contract: Senior/reputed company Machine Learning Operations Engineer

reputed company ($UPWK) is the world’s work marketplace. We serve everyone from one-person startups to over 30% of the Fortune 100 with a powerful, trust-driven platform that enables companies and talent to work together in new ways that unlock their potential.  

Last year, more than $3.3 billion of work was done through reputed company by skilled professionals who are gaining more control by finding work they are passionate about and innovating their careers.  

This is an engagement through reputed company’s Hybrid Workforce Solutions (HWS) Team. Our Hybrid Workforce Solutions Team is a global group of professionals that support reputed company’s business. Our HWS team members are located reputed company over the world.

This role is a long-term contract position.

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Machine Learning Ops Engineer to join our Algorithms and Research team. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on productizing advanced technologies like Generative AI and who is excited to revolutionize search and recommendation technologies at scale. Join us in innovating at the intersection of machine learning, knowledge graphs, and retrieval-augmented reputed company (RAG) to reputed company a significant impact on the reputed company platform and our global community of users.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, scale, and maintain machine learning and ETL pipelines reputed company the context of production Generative AI and Large Language Models.
• Design, reputed company, and optimize retrieval-augmented reputed company systems, leveraging knowledge graphs to significantly enhance search accuracy and recommendations.
• Implement robust machine learning monitoring and alerting systems; integrate these with active learning pipelines for reputed company model improvement.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure smooth integration of machine learning solutions into reputed company's global platform.
• Continuously analyze, monitor, and optimize model performance, accuracy, and scalability, ensuring consistent reliability during high-traffic periods.

Must Haves (Required Skills)

• 6+ years of proven professional experience in machine-learning operations and software engineering.
• Demonstrated success in deploying and scaling reputed company machine-learning models into production.
• Strong expertise in Python, particularly focused on data and ML pipelines.
• Experience with both batch and real-time ETL tooling
• Solid proficiency in Java, especially in building and maintaining high-traffic microservices.
• Deep familiarity with graph databases, graph data models (e.g., labeled property graph), and graph algorithms.
• Extensive experience building scalable distributed systems capable of handling at least 1000 requests per second during peak usage.
• Proficiency in cloud infrastructure technologies, specifically AWS; familiarity with GCP and Azure will also be considered highly transferable.
• Familiarity with Generative AI technologies and Large Language Models.
• Excellent analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and a proactive, innovation-driven approach.
• Proven ability to reputed company in a remote-first, collaborative team environment.
• A "reputed company-to-one" reputed company: comfortable navigating ambiguity, driving solutions from conceptualization to execution, and thriving in a fast-paced, startup-like environment reputed company a larger enterprise.
• Pragmatic, results-oriented, and driven to iterate rapidly to reputed company measurable outcomes.

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