What an ML Platform Engineer does on an MLOps team.

Skills and scope are agreed before delivery starts, so the first sprint is productive rather than a ramp-up month. The work runs to the same backlog, the same repositories and the same definition of done as your own team's.

ML Platform Engineer skills and technology we assign for

  • Building feature stores and training infrastructure shared across teams.

  • Standardising experiment tracking, model registry and reproducibility.

  • Managing compute and GPU scheduling, where cost escalates fastest.

  • Maintaining shared base images and environments so experiments are reproducible across teams.

  • Building self-service access so data scientists provision compute without raising a ticket.

Seniority levels we assign.

Senior. Platform work only justifies itself at a certain scale of model portfolio. Seniority is one of the inputs behind the committed monthly capacity written into your agreement.

When an ML Platform Engineer is the right assignment.

Worth assigning once several models are in production and each is managed differently. On an ongoing roadmap this role is most often assigned alongside an MLOps Engineer or a Machine Learning Engineer. All 4 roles in this service line can sit on the same agreement, and capacity moves between them at the monthly cycle rather than requiring a new contract. This capacity is assigned under MLOps engineering rather than sold as a separate engagement.

160 h
Typical monthly capacity for this role
Fixed
Monthly price, unaffected by leave or holidays
4–6 weeks
From signed scope to delivery starting
Monthly
Cycle to raise or lower committed hours

Questions about assigning an ML Platform Engineer.

When is an ML platform worth building?

Once several models are in production and each is managed differently. Before that, the platform costs more than the duplication.

Can you manage GPU costs?

Yes, through scheduling, right-sizing and spot capacity. GPU spend is where ML infrastructure budgets usually escape.

Assign a ML Platform Engineer to your roadmap.

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