MLOps Engineer

Post Date

Apr 13, 2026

Location

San Diego,
California

ZIP/Postal Code

92128
US
Jun 19, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract,Perm Possible

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

SDG-5c19fffa-cab2-47a4-84ec-9d6b554f89e5

Pay Rate

$62 - $77 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

This role is responsible for building, deploying, and maintaining machine learning pipelines and infrastructure in a production AWS environment. The engineer will support the operationalization of AI/ML across the organization, working closely with data science and engineering teams to ensure models are scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient. This position will focus on developing end-to-end ML workflows, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and establishing monitoring, observability, and FinOps practices. This role operates within a newly forming team and will contribute to building standards and best practices for ML platform operations.

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Required Skills & Experience

• 3–5+ years of experience in MLOps, DevOps, or cloud engineering
• Hands-on experience building and deploying ML pipelines in AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, S3)
• Production experience (1+ year) owning and supporting ML systems (monitoring, failures, retraining)
• Strong programming skills in Python for automation and pipeline development
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and alerting for production systems
• Exposure to ML lifecycle + cost optimization (FinOps) in cloud environments

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with Amazon Bedrock
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience in regulated environments (insurance, healthcare, finance)

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.