Drimva

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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First seen Oct 14, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)