Senior Machine Learning Engineer
EPAM Systems
Software Engineering
Remote
Posted on Jul 18, 2024
Senior Machine Learning Engineer Description
We are in search of a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to be part of our remote team. The selected candidate will contribute significantly to the design, development, and operation of our ML pipeline, guided by industry best practices.
Your responsibility will revolve around designing, creating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing ML pipeline steps. You will also be instrumental in owning and contributing to the design and implementation of ML prediction endpoints. Close collaboration will be required with System Engineers to set up the ML lifecycle management environment and support the enhancement of coding practices.
We welcome those driven by a spirit of innovation to apply and become a vital part of our team!
Responsibilities
- Contribution to the design, development, and operation of ML pipeline based on best practices
- Design, creation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of ML pipeline steps
- Ownership and contribution to the design and implementation of ML prediction endpoints
- Cooperation with System Engineers to set up the ML lifecycle management environment
- Writing of specifications, documentation, and user guides for developed applications
- Support for the enhancement of coding practices and repository organization in the science work cycle
- Establishment and configuration of pipelines for projects
- Continuous identification of technical risks and gaps, and devising of mitigation strategies
- Collaboration with data scientists to bring predictive models into production, understanding the scope and purpose of the models built by data scientists and creating scalable data preparation pipelines
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in programming languages, ideally Python, with strong SQL knowledge
- Profound MLOps experience (Sagemaker, Vertex, or Azure ML)
- Intermediate proficiency in Data Science, Data Engineering, and DevOps Engineering
- At least one project delivered to production in an MLE role
- Expertise in Engineering Best Practices
- Practical experience implementing Data Products using the Apache Spark Ecosystem (Spark SQL, MLlib/SparkML) or alternative technologies
- Familiarity with Big Data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Cassandra, GCP BigQuery, AWS Redshift, Apache Beam, etc.)
- Experience with automated data pipeline and workflow management tools, i.e., Airflow, Argo Workflow, etc
- Experience in different data processing paradigms (batch, micro-batch, streaming)
- Practical experience working with at least one of the major Cloud Providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Production experience integrating ML models into complex data-driven systems
- DS knowledge with Tensorflow/PyTorch/XGBoost, NumPy, SciPy, Scikit-learn, Pandas, Keras, Spacy, HuggingFace, Transformers
- Experience with different types of databases (Relational, NoSQL, Graph, Document, Columnar, Time Series, etc.)
Nice to have
- Practical experience with Databricks MLOps-related tools/technologies like MLFlow, Kubeflow, TensorFlow Extended (TFX)
- Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter or LoadRunner
- Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker
We offer
- Improved medical coverage - EPAMers are eligible to participate in a supplementary health insurance program that shall have the usual coverage in the industry, with the Company funding 100% of the value of the monthly premium for participation
- Lunch Allowance - You will receive a daily allowance of CLP $ 7.000 per working day. Enjoy a nice meal on us
- Allowance for internet and electricity - You will receive an allowance of CLP$15.000 per month to cover internet and electricity expense
- National Holiday Bonus - We celebrate joining the Chilean Market. That is why all our employees will receive a bonus of CLP $86,646 in September
- Christmas Bonus - You will receive an End of Year bonus of CLP $170,539. It will be paid during the month of December, to ensure you have a Happy Holiday!
- Learning Culture - We want you to be the best version of yourself, that is why we offer unlimited access to learning platforms, a wide range of internal courses, and all the knowledge you need to grow professionally
- Additional Income - Besides your regular salary, you will also have the chance to earn extra income by referring talent, being a technical interviewer, and many more ways
- Are you open to relocation? - If you want to relocate to another country and we have the right project, we will assist you every step of the way, to help you and your family, reach your new home