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About the Role
We are looking for a senior machine learning operations engineer who understands data pipelines, infrastructure, and model monitoring. In this role, you will work closely with our data science and data engineering teams to help us productionize and maintain advanced machine learning models. As the first machine learning operations engineer on our small data science team, your work will be critical to both the data team at The Athletic and the company as a whole.
This role is 100% remote for candidates currently residing in either the United States or Canada.
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This Senior ML Operations Engineer (Remote) position at theathletic was posted on Jan 29, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.