Machine Learning Operations Engineer

What you’ll do

Support data scientists to deploy machine learning (ML) models to production and to build and maintain the APIs and data pipelines that integrate predictive intelligence into Car Gurus’ products.

Duties include:

enhance and maintain Car Gurus’ cloud-hosted ML platform; support system recommendations including search ranking, computer vision, and instant market value; develop, implement, and integrate production‑quality training jobs and inference APIs for Python ML models to build and deploy robust and scalable data; implement enhancements to the ML platform, leveraging technologies such as AWS Sage Maker, Git Hub Actions, and Docker; support design conversations and collaborate with data scientists and engineering partners to design scalable and robust systems;

develop in‑house tools and libraries to standardize and accelerate the ML development process; and maintain aspects of data science team engineering infrastructure.

Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and two (2) years of experience in a similar occupation. Additionally, the position requires:

• Writing and debugging Python code
• Software engineering tools and standard methodologies, including unit testing, object‑oriented design, and containerization
• Machine learning (ML) lifecycle, including model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
• Python ML ecosystem, such as scikit‑learn, XGBoost, PyTorch, Num Py, or pandas
• Deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting ML models in public cloud platforms, such as AWS
• SQL and cloud data warehouses, such as Snowflake

Annual base salary range: $133,000 – $167,000 USD. This annual base salary forms part of a comprehensive Total Rewards Package. In addition to benefits, this role may qualify for discretionary bonuses/incentives and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

• Equity for all employees, from onboarding onward
• Career development & corporate giving programs
• Employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities to build connections
• Hybrid work model and robust time‑off policies
• Daily free lunch, new car discount, meditation and fitness app subscriptions, commuting cost coverage, and more

Car Gurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential—starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives.

That’s why we hope you’ll apply even if you don’t check every box listed in the job description.