Senior MLOps Engineer Sofia, Bulgaria or Remote

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design, creation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of the end-to-end ML deployment lifecycle
• Set up and manage CI/CD/CT processes
• Identify technical risks and gaps and develop mitigation strategies
• Assess new tools and technologies
• Advocate for and facilitate MLOps practices
• Work with cross-functional teams for smooth integration of ML models
• Build systems to monitor deployed model performance
• Foster innovation and keep abreast of MLOps industry advancements
• Offer technical leadership and guidance to less experienced team members
• Spearhead the creation and adoption of best practices in ML model management and deployment

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a production role as an MLOps Engineer, ML Engineer (MLE), or Data Engineer
• Experience leading teams or projects with the capability to mentor and coach colleagues
• Familiarity with at least one MLOps platform or technology, such as Azure ML (preferred), AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex AI, Databricks MLFlow, etc
• Expertise in Databricks
• Proficient in Python and the Python ML ecosystem
• Ability to manage automated data pipelines and workflow tools
• Knowledge of fundamental software engineering tools, e.g., git, CI/CD environments, PyPi, Docker, Kubernetes
• Agile development methodology
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
• Effective communication skills with a solid command of English (B2+)

Nice to have

• Solid grasp of ML fundamentals, data preparation, and feature engineering
• Experience with an infrastructure as code (IoC) framework (e.g., Terraform / CDK TF, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation / AWS CDK, etc.)
• Knowledge of the Apache Spark ecosystem (Spark SQL, MLlib/Spark ML)
• Experience in software architecture and design

We offer

• Opportunity to Engineer your Future and to drive the world’s digital transformation with top industry clients
• Personal development program that will allow you to be valued for your strengths
• Wide range of professional trainings and workshops
• Being part of a collaborative, fast-growing, and innovative design team
• Established and accelerated growth toward different career paths, competencies, and roles
• Broad projects variety and possible mobility between projects over the time
• Collaboration in a multicultural environment and exchange of best practices with colleagues around the world
• Varied social benefits, Sports, Transportation and Health programs
• Work-life balance and flexible schedule, team buildings and sport opportunities
• Modern office/collaboration spaces (incl. new Infinity Tower business center, Sofia)
• Hybrid By Design - we provide you with the best productivity options from the 2 worlds. Meet, socialize and enjoy F2F time with your colleagues, while working from the modern EPAM's office for a few days per week and benefit from the EPAM's virtual working environment - making you able to be productive and work from remote for the rest of the week