Python MLOps Engineer

Our client seeks a Python-heavy MLOps engineer to own coding, debugging, and maintenance for a fast-evolving pilot ML python application. The role focuses on backend Python and SQL in a lightly documented codebase, adjacent to machine learning without designing models. You will troubleshoot issues across code, data, and logic, implement business rule changes, and enhance logging to support downstream reporting. This work enables the senior data scientist to concentrate on model development while you drive stability and production-like support for the pilot.

Responsibilities:

• Trace, analyze, and modify existing Python code within a changing pilot codebase.

• Write and update SQL queries for data retrieval and logic corrections.

• Debug issues reported by stakeholders and resolve defects in code and logic.

• Investigate unexpected or inconsistent model outputs to determine root causes.

• Implement business rule and logic changes safely and predictably.

• Add and enhance logging across the workflow to support observability and reporting.

• Provide production-like troubleshooting support for the pilot process.

• Identify root causes across code, data, logic, or model-adjacent behavior.

• Partner with stakeholders to understand requested changes and translate them into code.

• Ensure outputs and logs meet downstream reporting needs.

• Strong Python development experience in backend or application logic environments.

• Strong SQL skills with the ability to write and modify complex queries.

• Demonstrated experience working within and extending existing codebases using version control such as GitHub.

• Proven debugging and troubleshooting ability in loosely documented, evolving systems.

• Experience supporting backend workflows and application logic with production-like support.

• Exposure to data science or machine learning applications sufficient to interpret model outputs and feature behavior.

• Experience with MLOps or model-adjacent systems (preferred).

• Experience with Google Cloud, Vertex AI, and BigQuery (preferred).

• Experience supporting data science workflows or applications, especially in fast-changing pilot environments (preferred).

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening** and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( noreply@eliassen.com **, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

· When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

_Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve._