The Athletic · 17 hours ago
Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $150K/yr
4+ years expThe Athletic is a prominent sports media company with a large newsroom dedicated to delivering comprehensive sports coverage. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer to design and maintain infrastructure for machine learning models, collaborating closely with data science and engineering teams to ensure model performance and quality in production.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain machine learning model productionization infrastructure. These models will drive very visible product features at The Athletic, and your infrastructure is key to their success
Work with the rest of the data science team to streamline model training, validation, and deployment
Implement robust monitoring and alerting for model performance, drift, and data quality, ensuring our models remain accurate in production
Cultivate an outstanding data science environment by championing best practices in ML Ops and evaluating and integrating new technologies into our data science stack
Qualification
Required
4-6 years of experience as a data scientist, data engineer, or machine learning engineer with a proven ability to build machine learning model pipelines and infrastructure
Strong working knowledge of Python and SQL to pull, transform, and otherwise deal with data in all of its forms
Proven experience with ML frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, PyTorch) and cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure)
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Airflow
Ability to drive projects with minimal guidance and prioritize high-impact work
Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to build cross-functional relationships
Can explain sophisticated concepts to diverse audiences and craft compelling stories with data
Benefits
Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans
Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses
401k retirement savings plan and employer match
Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Company
The Athletic
The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (1)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$139.46MKey Investors
Bedrock Capital PartnersFounders FundBedrock Capital Partners,Founders Fund
2022-01-06Acquired
2020-01-21Series D· $50M
2019-05-29Series C· $21.76M
Leadership Team
Adam Hansmann
Co-Founder & President
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David Ortenberg
SVP, Operations
Recent News
2026-02-11
Sports Business Journal
2025-12-29
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