MLOps Engineer
- Location
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds. As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised. What You Can Expect Job Summary The MLOps Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and operating scalable, reliable, and secure machine learning platforms and pipelines. This role bridges data science, software engineering, and cloud infrastructure, enabling models to move from experimentation to production with high availability, governance, and performance.The role focuses on ML platform engineering, automation, reliability, and lifecycle management across training, deployment, monitoring, and retraining of machine learning models.
Work Location: Bangalore Work Mode: Hybrid (3 Days in office)
How You'll Create Impact Key Responsibilities ML Platform & Pipeline Engineering
• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end ML pipelines for training, validation, deployment, and monitoring
- Design, build, and maintain end-to-end ML pipelines for training, validation, deployment, and monitoring
- Productionize machine learning models developed by Data Scientists
- Implement standardized workflows for feature engineering, model versioning, and model promotion
• Deploy models using containerized and cloud-native architectures
- Deploy models using containerized and cloud-native architectures
- Implement monitoring for model performance, data drift, and system health
- Lead root-cause analysis for model or pipeline failures and implement long-term fixes
• Build CI/CD pipelines for ML workflows (training, testing, deployment)
- Build CI/CD pipelines for ML workflows (training, testing, deployment)
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and environment management
- Enforce repeatability, reproducibility, and traceability of ML experiments
• Implement ML governance controls including lineage, auditability, and access control
- Implement ML governance controls including lineage, auditability, and access control
- Partner with Security, GRC, and Data Governance teams to ensure compliance
- Support responsible AI practices and enterprise standards
- Partner closely with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Platform Engineers
- Provide guidance and best practices for scalable model development
- Contribute to documentation, standards, and internal enablement
What Makes You Stand Out Technologies & Tools Machine Learning & MLOps
• Python (primary), with ML libraries (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch – support level)
- Python (primary), with ML libraries (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch – support level)
- MLflow, Kubeflow, or similar ML lifecycle tools
- Feature stores (e.g., Feast, cloud-native feature stores)
- Model registries and experiment tracking
• Workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Prefect)
- Workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Prefect)
- Data processing frameworks (Spark, distributed data processing concepts)
- SQL and data warehousing fundamentals
• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP (at least one)
- Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP (at least one)
- Containerization: Docker
- Orchestration: Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or CloudFormation
• CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
- CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
- Version control: Git
- Monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud-native monitoring tools)
- Identity and access management (RBAC, secrets management)
- Data privacy and model governance concepts
- Exposure to regulated or SOX-controlled environments (preferred)
Your Background Required Qualifications Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5–8 years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or platform engineering
- 5–8 years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or platform engineering
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in MLOps, ML platform engineering, or ML deployment
- Experience supporting production-grade machine learning systems
• 7+ years total engineering experience
- 7+ years total engineering experience
- Experience supporting real-time or near-real-time ML inference
- Experience with model monitoring, drift detection, and retraining automation
- Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments
- Certifications in cloud platforms or data/ML engineering (preferred)
- Strong systems and platform engineering mindset
- Advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to translate research models into reliable production systems
- Clear communication across Data Science, Engineering, and IT
- Strong ownership for reliability, scalability, and security
- Experience operating in cloud-based, distributed environments
Physical Requirements
Travel Expectations
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability
From Zimmer Biomet Holdings's careers page (Company careers page), checked 30 Oct 2026.
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