
MLOps Engineer
Reality Defender (YC W22)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $120,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Work with ML engineers and researchers to ensure delivered datasets are usable and correctly scoped
- Build and run batch data generation and preprocessing jobs for image, video, and audio data
- Execute preprocessing pipelines using shared batch orchestration tools
- Design and run ETL jobs to ingest, transform, and organize data in our warehouse.
- Validate input and output datasets (schema, metadata, basic quality checks)
- Collect, organize, and deliver processed datasets using established conventions
- Support creation of development and prototype datasets ahead of large-scale backfills
- Maintain version control of data processing repositories following industry best practices
- Debug data pipeline failures, ETL issues, and data quality problems
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related field
- 1+ year of experience working with large datasets in a production environment or academic setting
- Strong command of Python fundamentals and data wrangling (pandas, scikit-learn, matplotlib)
- Basic experience with batch data pipelines and ETL workflows
- Familiarity with cloud object storage (AWS S3 or equivalent) and structured data organization
- Basic understanding of structured data organization and common associated issues
- Ability to follow structured workflows and deliver reproducible results
- Attention to detail and strong ownership of data quality
- Basic experience working with cloud services
Benefits
- Healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial coverage available for dependents
- Dental and Vision plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and their dependents
- Short/Long-term disability and life insurance plans with 100% premium coverage for employees
- FSA/HSA and 401k programs
- Equity compensation
- 20 days of PTO per year
- 12 weeks of Parental Leave
- Learning and Development budget
- Monthly wellness benefits
- Annual company-sponsored offsite
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Pythondata wranglingpandasscikit-learnmatplotlibETLbatch data pipelinesdata preprocessingdata validationdata quality
Soft Skills
attention to detailownershipstructured workflowsreproducible results
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in computer scienceBachelor's degree in machine learningBachelor's degree in a related field