Software Developer Contract Jobs in Mankato, MN (NOW HIRING)

Job#: 3050994
Job Description:
Machine Learning Engineer (MLOps)
Location: Remote / Hybrid
Duration: Contract-to-Hire
Overview
We are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to join a growing AI team focused on building and scaling production machine learning solutions in a highly regulated environment. This role will be responsible for developing MLOps infrastructure, supporting machine learning deployments, optimizing data pipelines, and ensuring AI models operate reliably and securely in production.
The ideal candidate will have a strong software engineering background, hands-on experience with cloud technologies, and a passion for building scalable machine learning systems.
Key Responsibilities
Machine Learning & MLOps

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for machine learning workflows.
• Automate model testing, deployment, versioning, and monitoring.
• Deploy machine learning models as scalable APIs and microservices.
• Monitor production model performance, system health, and data quality.
• Support end-to-end ML lifecycle management.

Data Engineering

• Design and optimize ETL and data processing pipelines.
• Transform structured and unstructured data for machine learning applications.
• Build and maintain feature stores and data infrastructure supporting AI initiatives.
• Ensure consistency between training and production environments.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Deploy and manage machine learning workloads within AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Utilize Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Improve scalability, reliability, and performance of AI systems.
• Support infrastructure automation and operational best practices.

Engineering Excellence

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented Python code.
• Participate in code reviews and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including software engineers, data engineers, and data scientists.
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and data governance requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of software engineering, machine learning engineering, or data engineering experience.
• 2+ years supporting production machine learning environments.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Experience with SQL and modern data processing frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Docker and containerized applications.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or Scikit-Learn.
• Familiarity with MLOps tools including MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, Prefect, BentoML, or similar.
• Experience with Pandas, Spark, dbt, or related data technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying and supporting Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Experience with LangChain or similar AI frameworks.
• Background working within healthcare, life sciences, financial services, or other regulated industries.
• Knowledge of API development and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7 and FHIR.

Technical Skills
Python Machine Learning MLOps Kubernetes Docker AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform MLflow Kubeflow Airflow Spark Pandas SQL ETL LangChain LLMs API Development Microservices
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