Machine Learning Engineer

Stellar IT Solutions LLC is hiring a remote Machine Learning Engineer in St. Louis, MO to translate machine learning and analytical strategies into reusable feature-engineering pipelines, end-to-end ML workflows, model lifecycle processes, and production operational integrations for Cisco Learning’s opportunity-assessment solution.

Role Responsibilities

• Convert ML and analytical strategies into repeatable feature-engineering pipelines , ML workflows , model lifecycle processes , and operational integrations for Cisco Learning’s opportunity-assessment solution.
• Develop and maintain production-oriented ML solutions, including data preprocessing and transformation .
• Own ML pipeline development across the model lifecycle: model training and evaluation , model inference , and operational handoff.
• Support model registries , model versioning , and experiment tracking .
• Implement model monitoring and automated testing practices appropriate for production environments.
• Build retraining workflows to enable continued model performance over time.
• Enable reproducible ML pipelines , including data ingestion/access pipelines and integration with enterprise data environments .
• Integrate ML components into operational systems via APIs and/or downstream integrations .
• Work within cloud-based ML/data environments supporting end-to-end production delivery.

Required Skills

• Python
• SQL
• Pandas / NumPy or comparable data-processing libraries
• Ability to process both structured and unstructured data
• Strong software-development and version-control practices
• Hands‑on experience with: feature engineering , ML pipeline development , model training and evaluation , and model inference
• Experience with data preprocessing/transformation
• Scikit-learn or comparable ML frameworks
• Production-oriented ML development
• Model registries and model versioning
• Experiment tracking and model monitoring
• Automated testing and retraining workflows
• Reproducible ML pipelines and data ingestion/access pipelines
• Experience working in cloud-based ML/data environments
• APIs and/or downstream integrations and enterprise data environment experience

Technologies

• Python
• SQL
• Pandas
• NumPy
• Scikit-learn
• MLflow

Primary Focus

• ML Engineering + Feature Pipelines + Model Operationalization + MLOps + Data/ML Integration

Preferred Skills

• MLflow or comparable ML lifecycle tooling
• Feature Store experience
• Containerization
• Cloud ML platforms
• API/integration development
• NLP/text-processing pipelines
• Document/vector ingestion
• Model inference and monitoring
• Automated ML testing/retraining
• Enterprise data-platform experience
• Production-oriented ML solutions
• Previous Cisco experience with the appropriate ML engineering skill set

Compensation and Location

Location : St. Louis, MO (remote)

Compensation : USD 60 - 65 per hour