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Burtch Works

Machine Learning Engineer (mlops)

Company: Burtch Works

Location: Washington, DC

Posted on: October 25

Job Title: Machine Learning Engineer (MLOps)

Location: Washington, D.C. (Hybrid - 2 days onsite)

About The Company

Our client is a global leader in AI-optimized scheduling and forecasting platforms, empowering and rewarding individuals in the fast-food and Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry through innovative solutions. The company fosters a dynamic startup environment, encouraging innovation, collaboration, and ownership.

Job Summary

The Machine Learning Engineer will design, train, deploy, and monitor machine learning models that address real-world customer needs. This role is central to scaling AI-powered scheduling and forecasting solutions. The position is based in Washington, DC, and reports to the Chief Analytics Officer.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and test machine learning models to support their platform.
  • Design, build, and deploy data and ML pipelines on AWS.
  • Enable an iterative lifecycle for data products to improve, integrate, and deploy.
  • Standardize workflows, analysis, and modeling for deployment and observability in production.
  • Develop monitoring and observability systems for ML models and experiments.
  • Collaborate across teams to align modeling with engineering standards.

Requirements

  • Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in a quantitative field.
  • Experience:
    • 24 years of relevant experience.
    • 4+ years experience with Python and ML frameworks.
    • 1+ year of experience with MLOps and maintaining ML models at scale.
  • Technical Skills:
    • Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with:
      • Python programming
      • SQL and relational databases; ETL processes
      • Cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
      • Git or other version control systems
      • Model versioning/tracking (DVC, MLFlow)
      • ML pipeline development/deployment (Metaflow, Kubeflow, Prefect, Dagster)
      • Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
      • Visualization and monitoring tools (Dash, Streamlit)
      • Modeling/tuning/optimization with frameworks (sklearn, PyTorch)
Preferred Qualifications

  • Real-time inference deployment and monitoring (FastAPI, Ray Serve).
  • CI/CD practices.
  • Model deployment strategies (A/B testing, canary release).
  • Cross-functional collaboration (DevOps, Data Engineering, Data Science).
  • Time series analysis and predictive modeling.

Benefits

  • Salary range: $120-150K
  • Health and Wellness: Industry-best benefits.
  • Work-Life Balance: HYBRID 2 days in office, 3 days from home.