EXL

Lead Assistant Manager

EXL  •  New Jersey (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

We are looking for a motivated ML Engineer / MLOps Engineer with strong foundational experience in building and supporting machine learning systems in production environments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on exposure across the ML lifecycle, including data pipelines, model deployment, and monitoring, along with familiarity with cloud and ML Ops practices. This role involves working closely with senior engineers and data scientists to operationalize ML models for use cases such as personalization, recommendations, and NLP, while contributing to scalable and reliable ML solutions.

  • Assist in designing, developing, and maintaining ML pipelines covering data ingestion, preprocessing, model training, and deployment. Support deployment and scaling of ML models on cloud platforms such as AWS (SageMaker, EKS, Lambda) or GCP (Vertex AI, GKE, Cloud Functions) under guidance from senior team members. Contribute to building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins for automated testing and deployment of ML workflows.
  • Work on containerizing applications using Docker and assist with orchestration using Kubernetes, along with supporting infrastructure setup through Terraform or CloudFormation Participate in implementing model lifecycle components such as model registries, feature stores (MLflow, Feast), and monitoring systems using tools like Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Support the tracking of ML performance metrics, data drift, and model drift, and assist in maintaining model health and monitoring systems. Develop and maintain data pipelines using tools like Airflow, Spark, and SQL, and work with orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow or AWS Step Functions Collaborate with data scientists to help productionize ML models and ensure smooth deployment into production systems, while contributing to debugging, testing, and improving existing pipelines.
  • 2–4 years of experience in ML Engineering, Data Engineering, or MLOps, with exposure to end-to-end ML workflows. Proficiency in Python and SQL, along with hands-on experience or familiarity with ML frameworks such as Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch Good understanding of machine learning concepts, evaluation techniques, and performance metrics, along with awareness of model monitoring, data drift, and model drift concepts
  • Experience or working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes). Familiarity with MLflow, Feast, Airflow, and monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana is preferred.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, willingness to learn, and ability to work in collaborative team environments. Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.

Nice-to-have: Exposure to real-time ML serving (KFServing, Seldon, Ray Serve), A/B testing, or recommender systems. Understanding of experiment design or causal inference, and experience in media or subscription domains, will be an advantage.

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About EXL

Choosing a digital partner is about more than capabilities — it’s about collaboration and character.

Unrealistic overhauls and off-the-shelf products ignore what matters most — your unique needs, culture, goals, and your legacy data and technology environments.

At EXL, our collaboration is built on ongoing listening and learning to adapt our methodologies. We’re your business evolution partner—tailoring solutions that make the most of data to make better business decisions and drive more intelligence into your increasingly digital operations.

Whether your goals are scaling the use of AI and digital, redesign operating models, or driving better and faster decisions, we’re here to partner with you to help you gain—and maintain—competitive advantage with efficient, sustainable models at scale.

Our expertise in transformation, data science, and change management helps make your business more efficient and effective, improve customer relationships and enhance revenue growth. Instead of focusing on multi-year, resource- and time-intensive platform designs or migrations, we look deeper at your entire value chain to integrate strategies with impact.

We use our specialization in analytics, digital interventions, and operations management—alongside deep industry expertise — to deliver solutions that help you outperform the competition.

At EXL, it’s all about outcomes—your outcomes—and delivering success on your terms. Share your goals with us and together, we’ll optimize how you leverage data to drive your business forward.

For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
New York, NY
Year Founded
Unknown
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