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Nexwave

Senior Data Scientist – MLOps

Contract · Remote · USA

Posted Oct 21, 2026

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  • Position: Senior Data Scientist – MLOps
  • Location: Minnetonka, MN (Remote)
  • Experience: 12+ Years
  • Duration: 12 Months
  • Rate: $65/hr C2C/1099 (Max)
  • Work Authorization - GC/USC Only

Job Description:

  • We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist with strong expertise in MLOps, production ML deployments, automation, and cloud platforms to build scalable, reliable, and secure machine learning infrastructure.
  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement reusable MLOps infrastructure and deployment frameworks.
  • Build CI/CD pipelines for model testing, packaging, deployment, versioning, and rollback.
  • Monitor model performance, data quality, drift, and production reliability.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis.
  • Develop reusable tools, automation, and self-service capabilities for data science teams.
  • Implement security, governance, monitoring, and operational best practices.
  • Required Skills:
  • Strong Python and SQL programming skills.
  • Hands-on experience with MLOps and production ML deployments.
  • CI/CD, Git, automated testing, and release management.
  • Experience with Azure, Snowflake, or comparable cloud platforms.
  • ML pipelines, model versioning, monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting.
  • Strong software engineering, documentation, and collaboration skills.
  • Preferred Skills:
  • Azure ML and Snowflake.
  • Model registries, experiment tracking, and model monitoring.
  • Docker, Infrastructure as Code, and workflow orchestration.
  • Healthcare data experience and model governance.

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