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Deloitte

AI Solutions Leader

Tempe, AZ

Certifications in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or cloud platforms, such as AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty, Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer, Microsoft ...

Deloitte

AI Data Engineer - Manager

Tempe, AZ · On-site

... machine learning models and large language models. • Conduct research to provide technical ... & DevOps teams, Data scientists, Machine Learning & GenAI Engineers, and Business teams to pilot ...

Deloitte

AI Data Engineer Manager

Tempe, AZ · On-site

... machine learning models and large language models. • Conduct research to provide technical ... & DevOps teams, Data scientists, Machine Learning & GenAI Engineers, and Business teams to pilot ...

Axon

Senior Machine Learning Scientist

Scottsdale, AZ · On-site

$92.20K - $125.90K/yr

What You'll Do Location: any cities with Axon Engineering Hub in US, Vietnam, EU (see * US: Seattle ... in computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning, MLLMs, GenAI and integrate relevant ...

Waabi

Senior / Staff Perception Engineer

Phoenix, AZ

$158K - $269K/yr

... machine learning, computer vision, and self-driving technologies, and apply insights from the ... Python programming with a focus on writing high-quality, well-structured, and tested code ...

Axon

Senior Machine Learning Scientist

Scottsdale, AZ · On-site

$92.20K - $125.90K/yr

What You'll Do Location: any cities with Axon Engineering Hub in US, Vietnam, EU (see * US: Seattle ... in computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning, MLLMs, GenAI and integrate relevant ...

Waabi

Senior / Staff Perception Engineer

Phoenix, AZ

$158K - $269K/yr

... machine learning, computer vision, and self-driving technologies, and apply insights from the ... Python programming with a focus on writing high-quality, well-structured, and tested code ...

KUBRA

AI Engineer

Tempe, AZ · Hybrid

The AI Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing intelligent systems ... Establish and enforce AI and machine learning and data operational standards, governance, and best ...

KUBRA

AI Engineer

Tempe, AZ · On-site

The AI Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing intelligent systems ... Establish and enforce AI and machine learning and data operational standards, governance, and best ...

KUBRA

AI Engineer

Tempe, AZ · Hybrid

The AI Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing intelligent systems ... Establish and enforce AI and machine learning and data operational standards, governance, and best ...

Staffingine LLC

AIML Engineer

Scottsdale, AZ · On-site

Experience implementing and supporting endtoend Machine Learning workflows and patterns * Expert level programming skills in Python and experience with Data Science and ML packages and frameworks

USAA

AI/ML Engineer II

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$116.10K - $139.40K/yr

Work with cross-functional team to contribute to machine learning projects throughout the machine learning lifecycle to include analysis, solution design, data pipeline engineering, testing ...

Vangard, Inc.

AI/ML Product Manager

Scottsdale, AZ · On-site

Certifications are valued but not required; examples include Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty, Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer, or ...

USAA

AI/ML Engineer II

Phoenix, AZ · On-site +1

$113.70K - $136.50K/yr

Work with cross-functional team to contribute to machine learning projects throughout the machine learning lifecycle to include analysis, solution design, data pipeline engineering, testing ...

Deloitte

Senior AI Engineer - SFL Scientific

Tempe, AZ

$100.10K - $137.40K/yr

Work You'll Do As a Senior AI Engineer, you'll work cross-functionally with data scientists, machine learning engineers, project managers, and industry experts to develop robust AI infrastructure and ...

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Sr. Engineer, Machine Learning Operations

Sr. Engineer, Machine Learning Operations

Exact Sciences

Phoenix, AZ • On-site

$209K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Posted 27 days ago

Exact Sciences rating

8.5

Company rating: 8.5 out of 10

Based on 54 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

19th of 103 rated laboratories

Job description

Help us change lives
At Exact Sciences, we're helping change how the world prevents, detects and guides treatment for cancer. We give patients and clinicians the clarity needed to make confident decisions when they matter most. Join our team to find a purpose-driven career, an inclusive culture, and robust benefits to support your life while you're working to help others.
Position Overview
The Sr. Engineer, Machine Learning Operations, with minimal guidance, works independently and with cross-functional partners-including biostatisticians, bioinformatics scientists, AI scientists, and software engineers-to deploy, operate, and scale machine learning solutions in production for advanced cancer screening and precision oncology applications. The role designs, builds, and maintains robust ML platforms and pipelines that ensure reliability, security, and compliance across the full model lifecycle-from data ingestion, model training, versioning and evaluation, through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement. This role serves as a key resource, applying in-depth practical knowledge of ML Operations, software engineering, and cloud infrastructure to solve complex problems across multiple projects, ensuring AI/ML models are production-ready, observable, and aligned with the company's mission to help eradicate cancer.
Essential Duties
Include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Designs, implements, and maintains end-to-end MLOps pipelines for training, validation, deployment, and monitoring of ML and AI models used in cancer screening and precision oncology solutions.
  • Builds and operates scalable, secure ML infrastructure on cloud and container platforms (e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes) to support batch and real-time inference workloads.
  • Implements CI/CD workflows for ML (data, model, and code), including automated testing, packaging, and promotion of models across development, staging, and production environments.
  • Establishes and manages model and data versioning, experiment tracking, and lineage to ensure reproducibility, auditability, and effective model governance.
  • Develops and maintains monitoring, logging, and alerting for model performance, data quality, drift, and system health, defining and meeting SLOs/SLAs for critical ML services.
  • Collaborates with data scientists, bioinformatics and biostatistics partners, and software/platform engineering teams to translate experimental workflows into production-grade services integrated into customer-facing and internal applications.
  • Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
  • Support and comply with the company's Quality Management System policies and procedures.
  • Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
  • Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
  • Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
  • Ability to travel 5% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in a field related to essential duties; or Associates Degree and 2 years of relevant experience.; or High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and 4 years of relevant experience.
  • 5 years of relevant job-related experience.
  • Demonstrated experience with Python, at least one major ML framework (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn), containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and a major cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) supporting ML workloads.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Preferred Qualifications
  • 2+ years of life sciences industry experience working with biological data.
  • 2+ years of industry experience in molecular diagnostics, preferably cancer diagnostics.
  • Expertise in data mining approaches within healthcare settings generating insight from routinely collected healthcare data.
  • Scientific understanding of cancer biology
  • Strong programming ability in Python and experience with at least one major ML framework (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
  • Hands-on experience deploying and operating machine learning models in production, including experience with CI/CD pipelines, model packaging, and automated deployment.

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Salary Range:
National Ranges: $ 123,000.00 - $209,000.00
California Ranges: $152,000.00- $228,000.00
The annual base salary shown is a national range for this position on a full-time basis and may differ by hiring location. In addition, this position is bonus eligible.
Exact Sciences is proud to offer an employee experience that includes paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time), paid leave for parents and caregivers, a retirement savings plan, wellness support, and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage. Learn more about our benefits.
Our success relies on the experiences and perspectives of a diverse team, and Exact Sciences fosters a culture where all employees can develop personally and professionally with a sense of respect and belonging. If you require an accommodation, please contact us here.
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We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, and any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law.
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