Velocity Tech · 1 day ago
Staff MLOps Engineer
Velocity Tech has partnered with a high-growth US tech startup that’s scaling its ML function, and they are hiring a Staff MLOps Engineer on a fully remote basis. This role suits a self-starter who communicates clearly and takes ownership from day one, focusing on building MLOps platforms and tooling for model ownership and production ML pipelines.
Responsibilities
Build MLOps platforms and tooling that enable end-to-end model ownership
Design and operate production ML pipelines for training, deployment, and monitoring
Work cross-functionally to deploy models into real-time systems
Define MLOps standards across CI/CD, automation, and reproducibility
Own model governance, including versioning, lineage, and safe releases
Manage cloud-native ML infrastructure and orchestration
Evaluate and adopt new MLOps technologies to improve speed and reliability
Qualification
Required
MS or PhD in a relevant technical discipline
8+ years in production ML systems or 5+ years in hands-on MLOps roles
Strong Python engineering skills and production best practices
Experience with ML infrastructure, CI/CD, orchestration (Airflow/Prefect), and monitoring
Hands-on cloud experience
Knowledge of Docker, APIs, streaming systems, and deployment patterns
Experience with feature stores, vector databases, or embedding pipelines
Familiarity with experimentation frameworks and real-time inference at scale