MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER (NLP)

ST. PETERSBURG, FL

W2 CONTRACT - GC/USC ONLY

Hybrid - 2 days per week on-site

Our client located in St. Petersburg, FL, is looking for a NLP Engineer who will support the Data Scientists with for the following:

• Develop and maintain Python-based applications, APIs, and automation scripts.

• Collaborate with data scientists to deploy ML models into production systems.

• Support the development of data and model pipelines on AWS (S3, Lambda, SageMaker).

• Write clean, efficient, and testable code following best practices.

• Implement monitoring and logging to monitor system stability and performance.

• Optimize data processing workflows for ML training and inference.

• Contribute to CI/CD and MLOps development work.

Required Skills

• Strong Python programming skills.

• Understanding of machine learning concepts, preferably with experience using frameworks such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.

• Familiarity with AWS services (e.g., S3, Lambda, EC2, or SageMaker).

• Solid understanding of APIs, data serialization formats (JSON, Parquet), and RESTful services.

• Experience with SQL and working with relational databases.

• Knowledge of Git, containerization (Docker), and CI/CD workflows.

Preferred Skills

• Experience operationalizing or supporting ML models in production.

• Exposure to data pipeline tools (AWS Glue, Airflow, Step Functions).

• Familiarity with Java.

• Experience with AWS Sagemaker.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.