Senior Staff ML Ops Engineer

Abbott

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$130,700–$261,300 / yr
Posted
22 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $202k
This role $196k
$115k most similar roles pay here $277k

This role pays less than 51% of similar roles. Most pay $166,087–$238,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $196k versus about $202k for comparable roles.

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About Abbott

Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that manufactures and markets a broad and diversified line of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Industry: Healthcare & Medical Devices

Abbott currently has 90 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $99,300–$198,700 across 89 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff ML Ops Engineer

The Senior Staff ML Ops Engineer provides technical leadership for Medical Devices Digital AI initiatives, focusing on the architecture, scalability, and operational excellence of enterprise AI platforms. This role bridges advanced AI innovation with production-grade engineering by defining MLOps strategies, establishing governance, and designing robust infrastructure. You will build a hybrid cloud/on-prem infrastructure covering data ingestion, annotation, feature engineering, training, and monitoring while implementing CI/CD workflows for model deployment. The role requires expertise in GenAI, RAG, and prompt engineering alongside technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow, Terraform, Databricks, Spark, and SQL or NoSQL databases. You will ensure compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, and Software as a Medical Device guidelines while mentoring engineers. This position addresses the technical challenge of deploying reliable, compliant AI solutions within the regulated medical device domain to improve patient outcomes.

What you'll do

  • Provide technical leadership for Medical Devices Digital AI initiatives and infrastructure strategy.
  • Develop end-to-end ML solutions including data ingestion, feature engineering, training, and monitoring.
  • Architect secure and scalable cloud or on-premise hybrid machine learning infrastructures.
  • Implement robust CI/CD workflows for model testing, rollout, and compliance governance.
  • Ensure strict adherence to regulatory standards such as HIPAA, GDPR, and SaMD guidelines.
  • Act as the primary bridge between ML scientists and engineering teams to align technical goals.
  • Mentor engineers and establish coding standards through detailed design and architectural reviews.
  • Drive the adoption of AI architecture strategies with business leaders and stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Experience, or a Master's with , or a Ph.D. with experience.
  • Deep experience building ML infrastructure for experiment tracking, model training, data versioning, and monitoring.
  • Experience with GenAI/Agentic AI infrastructure including RAG, MCP, and prompt engineering.
  • Experience developing AI products using cloud platforms, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and orchestration tools like Airflow or Terraform.
  • Proficiency in Azure ML SDK, Databricks, Spark, SQL, NoSQL, and microservices architecture.
  • Experience with agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and Security by Design principles.
  • Experience in an FDA-regulated business or with clinical-grade ML products (preferred); publications or patents (preferred).

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