Position Title: ML/Data Engineer
Position Duration: 9 months long (Can be extended)
Project Type: W2 Contract
Position Location: Reston, VA (Hybrid-3 days onsite)
Interview process: In Person
Experience on any of these is mandatory : Domino OR SageMaker
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled ML/Data Engineer to lead model development, experiment tracking, and end to end machine learning operations across Domino and Amazon SageMaker. This role will drive model lifecycle quality, governance alignment, and engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
Own the monitoring, tracking, and maintenance of ML models across Domino and SageMaker platforms.
Implement MLflow for parameters, metrics, artifact management, and end to end lineage.
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines for training, validation, and inference processes.
Develop custom evaluation metrics, explainability components, and fairness/bias testing frameworks.
Package models for deployment and support model lifecycle transitions across environments.
Collaborate with data scientists, engineering teams, and governance stakeholders to ensure compliance and operational readiness.
Required Skills & Experience
Strong experience with AWS and ML engineering
Proficiency in Python and MLflow
Hands on expertise with Domino and SageMaker SDKs
Experience with feature engineering and scalable data pipelines
Knowledge of model validation, explainability, and bias/fairness tooling
Familiarity with Git based workflows, version control, and MLOps practices
Focused on manipulating data in a software engineering capacity. Some of that data might live in relational systems, but its increasingly moving towards NoSQL systems and data lakes. Normalize databases and ascertain the structure of the data meets the requirements of the applications that are accessing the information. Construct datasets that are easy to analyze and support company requirements. Combine raw information from different sources to create consistent and machine-readable formats. Skills: This IT role requires a significant set of technical skills, including a deep knowledge of SQL, data modeling, and tools like Spark/Hive/Airflow.
Education/Work Experience:
1) Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field
2) Post-graduate degree desired
3) Professional certification(s) desired 15+ years relevant experience
EEO: Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.