MLOps Engineer
Also known as: ML Platform Engineer · ML Infrastructure Engineer
Builds the pipelines and infrastructure that deploy and run machine learning models reliably.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
An MLOps engineer builds the systems that train, deploy, monitor and update machine learning models in production. Product companies, IT services firms and AI teams hire them. A day involves writing pipeline code, managing cloud infrastructure, setting up monitoring and working with data scientists.
- Automates model training and deployment
- Monitors models running in production
- Manages data and model versioning
- Sets up cloud resources for ML work
How you get in
Few roles are titled MLOps at fresher level. Many people start as software, DevOps or data engineers and move into MLOps. Projects that deploy a model end to end, with containers and monitoring, help show the skill.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Python and software engineering practices
- Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- CI/CD pipelines for model training and release
- Cloud infrastructure and cost basics
- Model monitoring, versioning and data drift checks
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- The field is newer and job titles vary across companies.
- Common next roles: senior MLOps or ML platform engineer, ML infrastructure lead.
- Tools change quickly, so continual learning is part of the job.
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