Panera Bread
Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) Engineer
$127K–$155K
Saint Louis Support Center +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Saint Louis Support Center
Newton Support Center - Experience
- 3+ years; experience must support production ML workloads. No stated alternatives.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, or a related field.
About the job
Builds and operates production ML pipelines and platforms while owning and improving enterprise sales forecasting models and operationalizing generative AI workloads.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain model CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, retraining, and lifecycle management workflows.
- Maintain and improve sales forecasting models by diagnosing accuracy degradation, recalibrating models, and reporting performance.
- Operationalize models on Vertex AI and LLM workloads with BigQuery, while addressing reliability, governance, security, and cost.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in MLOps, Machine Learning Engineering, Data Engineering, or DevOps supporting production ML workloads.
- Experience deploying and operating production ML models, including owning and improving time series or demand forecasting models.
- Strong proficiency in Python; hands-on Google Cloud Platform experience, particularly Vertex AI and BigQuery.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience operationalizing LLMs, including Gemini via Vertex AI or in-warehouse invocation from BigQuery.
- Experience with sales or demand forecasting in a multi-unit retail or restaurant environment.
Pay
$127,461 to $155,477 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Google Cloud Platform, Vertex AI, BigQuery, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Airflow
AI focus
Productionize, monitor, and improve ML and sales forecasting models; operationalize LLM and generative AI workloads, including prompt and model version management and output validation.
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