Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer – Contract – Atlanta, GA - $62.00 - $72.00/hr

The end client is unable to sponsor or transfer visas for this position; all parties authorized to work in the US without sponsorship are encouraged to apply.

A Leading Company in Travel is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer in Atlanta, GA.

Role Description

We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer who can bring bleeding edge machine learning and optimization models into production together with a highly multi• disciplinary team of data scientist, software development engineers, strategic partners, product managers and subject domain experts. The ML engineer will take models developed by the data scientists and integrate it in with the rest of the company’s platform. This could involve building an API around the model so that it can be served and consumed, and then being able to maintain the integrity and quality of this model so that it continues to serve really accurate predictions. These roles may be located in Atlanta or Minneapolis.

• This position will partner with Data Scientists and Data Engineers to operationalize models and deliver insights to the business

• Take responsibility for ensuring that Machine Learning code, models and pipelines are deployed successfully into production, and troubleshooting issues that arise

• Continuously integrate and ship code to our premise and cloud Production environments

• Transform data science protypes and applying appropriate ML algorithms and tools

• Train and retrain ML models

• Develop deep learning systems to various use cases based on the business needs

• Automate model training and testing and deployment via machine learning continuous delivery pipelines

• Build data APIs and data delivery services that support critical operational and analytical applications for our internal business operations, customers and partners

• Ensure a good data flow between database and backend systems

• Design and implement metrics to verify model and algorithm effectiveness.

• Optimizing solutions for performance and scalability

• Define KPIs and acceptance criteria for model performance in production

• Ensure that the methodology, standards and procedures are adopted and implemented

• Ensure that the technical solutions meet the customers' business goals and that customer satisfaction with the project and conclusion is high.

• Act as a Point of contact for technical issues, creating documentation, monitoring service levels.

• Coordinate activities with internal/external technology owners/service providers.

• Consult within project team and other teams, with outside vendors or consultants to ensure project or product integrity

• Mentor other Senior Developers on the team

Skills & Requirements

• The Machine Learning Engineer position requires a BS/MS degree, preferably in a technical or scientific field

• 5+ years of experience in designing, developing, integrating and running business, big data and/or data science applications

• Knowledge of mining complex data (including structure and unstructured), identifying patterns, and feature engineering

• Experience with design patterns and implementation and deployment AI and/or data science products.

• Experienced with deploying and managing infrastructures based on Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenStack, and Clouds such as OpenShift, Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform

• Proficiency with Python, Java, Scala, Spark

• Experience developing, testing and deploying APIs

• Experience building applications based on Microservices Architecture

• A solid understanding of large scale data processing platforms (Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop)

• Knowledge of data engineering and experience with big data

• Linux and shell scripting expertise

• Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases

• Proficiency with scalable data extraction tools (e.g. Cassandra, MongoDB)

• Experienced in using AI/ML platforms, technologies, techniques (e.g. TensorFlow, Apache MXnet, Theano, Keras, CNTK, scikit learn, H2O, Spark MLlib, etc)

• Experience with automating application deployment, continuous delivery, and continuous integration (Jenkins, Ansible)

Experience with VersionOne, JIRA, GIT(gitlab, Bitbucket or other.)

• Experience using Agile/Scrum methodologies

• Candidate must be solutions oriented using rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probing all sources for answers.

• Candidate must also have excellent written and verbal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and management.

• Additionally, candidate must be a self-learner with the ability to pick up new technologies and provide tangible results.

• Strong problem solving skills and capability to understand and set direction for complex technology integration

• Understanding and focus on business outcomes

• Strong teamwork skills

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.

Additionally, this position is a contract role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical, dental or vision benefits.

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• 401K

• Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit)

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Hays is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran.

In accordance with applicable federal and state law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays U.S. Corporation will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text

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