MLOps Engineer (I / II / III / Senior) – Remote | Building a New Team in Portugal
Location: Remote (Portugal-based team)
Reports to: Line Manager, Data & BI
Department: Data & BI – Data Science
Type: Full Time
About the Opportunity
We're building a brand‐new Machine Learning Operations team in Portugal, supporting a global organisation that powers real‐time data products used by millions of users every day. The work we do drives large‐scale decisioning, automation, personalisation, and analytics across a fast‐paced digital environment.
You'll join a high‐impact Data Science function that is scaling rapidly—designing and managing production ML systems that operate at serious volume and velocity. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, automating everything, and operating machine learning at scale, this is your chance to influence architecture, best practices, and long‐term strategy from day one.
If you're ambitious, curious, delivery‐focused, and want to help build something new—this team is for you.
The Role: MLOps Engineer
We're hiring across all levels—I, II, III, and Senior.
You will design, deploy, scale, and maintain production‐grade ML systems, working closely with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Software Engineers. You'll take ownership of the entire MLOps lifecycle—from data to deployment to monitoring—and help define how ML is delivered across the organisation.
Even if you don't meet every requirement, we want to hear from you. What matters most is your ability to learn fast and deliver meaningful impact.
What You'll Do
* Build and operate scalable inference and serving systems for high‐traffic ML workloads.
* Design, automate, and maintain data, training, and inference pipelines.
* Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines for testing, validation, and deployment.
* Monitor and maintain production ML APIs, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.
* Develop internal tooling and platforms for streamlined ML deployment and configuration.
* Build observability: dashboards, monitoring, and alerts for models and infrastructure.
* Implement unit and integration tests across ML code and pipeline components.
* Apply strong security practices for containerised and cloud‐based deployments.
What You Bring
* Bachelor's/Master's in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar.
* Strong Python engineering fundamentals.
* Cloud architecture experience (Azure preferred, others welcome).
* Experience with version control, dependency management, and packaging.
* Strong understanding of Docker and containerised environments.
* Experience with logging, monitoring, and alerting systems.
* Solid understanding of ML concepts, pipelines, and deployment patterns.
* Proven experience running ML models in production.
* Knowledge of data models, ETL processes, SQL/NoSQL systems.
What You Get
* Competitive salary aligned with your level and impact
* Opportunity to help build a new ML engineering hub in Portugal
* Work on cutting‐edge ML infrastructure at global scale
* Support for professional growth & certifications
* Opportunities to contribute to open‐source projects
* Remote‐friendly environment & flexible working hours
* A chance to shape architecture, standards, and best practices from the ground up
Ready to Build Something New?
If you want to be part of a high‐growth, high‐impact team shaping the future of machine learning systems—and you're excited by large‐scale challenges—this is your opportunity.
Apply now and help us build a world‐class MLOps capability in Portugal.