AWS Machine Learning Engineer

UST Global Inc
Chicago, United States of America
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Part-time / full-time
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate
Compensation
$ 108K

Job location

Chicago, United States of America

Tech stack

API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Computing Security
Computer Security
Data Validation
Data Cleansing
DevOps
Monitoring of Systems
Identity and Access Management
Python
Machine Learning
Networking Basics
OAuth
Role-Based Access Control
Azure
Data Streaming
Systems Integration
TypeScript
Data Logging
Feature Engineering
Large Language Models
Model Validation
Generative AI
AWS Lambda
Cloudformation
Deployment Automation
Machine Learning Operations
Virtual Agents
Functional Programming
Cloudwatch
Api Gateway
REST
Terraform
Network Server
Data Pipelines
Serverless Computing
Docker

Job description

UST is seeking an AWS Machine Learning Engineer to build, deploy, and optimize production-grade machine learning solutions on AWS.

This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who can work across the ML lifecycle from data preparation and feature engineering through model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring using AWS-native services and modern MLOps practices.

The opportunity:

  • Design, develop, and productionize ML solutions on AWS using services such as Amazon SageMaker, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, and related analytics/integration services.

  • Build and maintain reproducible training and inference workflows, including data preprocessing, model training, evaluation, and deployment automation.

  • Implement real-time, batch, serverless, or multi-model inference patterns based on business and performance needs.

  • Develop APIs or service integrations for model consumption by downstream applications.

  • Collaborate with data scientists, platform engineers, DevOps teams, and application teams to operationalize models reliably and securely.

  • Monitor model performance, data quality, drift, and operational health in production; support retraining and continuous improvement processes.

  • Apply AWS security and governance best practices including IAM, encryption, logging, and auditable deployments.

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Technology security practices?, * 5+ years in software/ML engineering, with strong hands-on experience in Python.

  • 2+ years of production experience with Amazon SageMaker for training and/or inference deployments.

  • Strong grasp of supervised/unsupervised ML pipelines, model evaluation, feature engineering, and experiment reproducibility.

  • Experience with SageMaker Pipelines, model packaging/registration concepts, and deployment automation.

  • Strong knowledge of AWS core services: S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudWatch, API Gateway, ECR, and networking fundamentals.

  • Experience enforcing least-privilege access, data isolation, token-based authentication (OAuth2/JWT)

  • Proficient in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) open standard, with hands on experience setting up custom MCP Servers using official TypeScript or Python SDKs.

  • Hands On experience integrating custom MCP servers into Agentic AI frameworks

  • Solid understanding of security vectors unique to LLM orchestration, including tool validation, API sandboxing, input sanitization, and enterprise access control.

  • Experience building RESTful or event-driven services to expose ML capabilities.

  • Experience with Amazon Bedrock or generative AI integration patterns on AWS.

  • Experience with MLflow, experiment tracking, or model registry tooling.

  • Experience with Feature Store, data quality checks, or model bias/fairness validation.

  • Familiarity with Docker/containerized ML workloads.

  • Understanding of model monitoring, operational metrics, logging, and troubleshooting in production.

  • Knowledge of cloud security basics including least privilege, encryption, and secure secret/configuration handling.

  • Nice-to-Have Skills:

  • Polyglot Engineering Capabilities (Multi language fluency)

  • Familiarity with Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure as code.

  • Exposure to streaming/event-driven data pipelines using AWS-native services., amazon sagemaker,machine learning,aws,python,amazon s3,aws lambda,aws step functions

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Vision insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Dental insurance
  • Paid sick time
  • Paid jury duty, Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below., Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.

Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.

Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).

All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws., Compensation range: $ 72,000.00 to 108,000.00 per year

About the company

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world. UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live. With us, you'll create a boundless impact that transforms your career-and the lives of people across the world., We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions., UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients' organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact-touching billions of lives in the process.

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