Boston Dynamics

Staff ML Ops Engineer

Boston Dynamics • $150K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer or ML Engineer
  • Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow
  • Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS) and scalable ML deployment methods
  • Familiarity with GPU cluster management and scheduling tools
  • Knowledge of CI/CD practices for ML pipelines
  • Experience with experiment tracking and model/data versioning tools
  • Ability to build scalable data and ETL pipelines
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Transform proofs of concept into scalable solutions for product teams
  • Evolve and scale fielded solutions for continuous model improvement
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet end-user needs
  • Own end-to-end delivery of new capabilities from implementation to operations
  • Maintain GPU clusters and develop automation for monitoring
  • Use observability tools to monitor system health and troubleshoot issues
  • Profile and optimize ML data, training, and evaluation pipelines
  • Participate in agile development processes and communicate progress effectively
  • Mentor peers and upskill contributors across the organization.

Benefits

  • Generous medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid time off
  • Annual bonus structure
Full Job Description
As an MLOps Engineer on the Central Software (CSW) ML Platform team, you will play an active role in implementing the tools, infrastructure, and pipelines that unify how our product and research teams get stuff done. This is your chance to work closely with ML/RL engineers and researchers from across Boston Dynamics (BD), supporting advanced AI product and research activities at the forefront of robotics innovation.

How you will make an impact
  • Transform proofs of concept into scalable solutions, helping product teams deliver new robot capabilities to customers
  • Evolve and scale fielded solutions, enabling continuous model improvement and redeployment
  • Work with stakeholders across BD to understand requirements, ensuring deployed solutions meet end-user needs
  • Own end-to-end delivery of new capabilities, spanning implementation, testing, deployment, and operations
  • Maintain our GPU clusters and develop automation to monitor and improve cluster health
  • Use observability tools to monitor system health and root-cause problems across the platform
  • Drive accuracy and efficiency by profiling and optimizing ML data, training, and evaluation pipelines.
  • Work closely with other members of the ML Platform team to implement, deploy, and maintain ML infrastructure
  • Be an active participant in our agile development process, coordinating work with others, calling out challenges, and regularly communicating progress
  • Use your experience to mentor and upskill peers and other contributors across the organization


You bring
  • 5+ years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer or ML Engineer
  • Proficiency in Python and related ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Pandas, NumPy)
  • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS) and scalable ML deployment methods (Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform)
  • Experience with GPU cluster management and scheduling (e.g., Slurm, Kueue, or similar)
  • Experience with CI/CD practices applied to ML pipelines
  • Experience with experiment tracking and model/data versioning tools (e.g., MLflow, Weights & Biases, DVC)
  • Experience building scalable data and ETL pipelines (e.g., Spark, Airflow) alongside data processing, augmentation, and cleaning techniques.
  • Experience with Agile, Scrum, or other lean methodologies; ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience


Nice to have
  • Experience with networking fundamentals such as IAP, Tailscale, Shared VPC, NAT
  • Familiarity with database optimization concepts such as indexing and connection pooling.
  • Experience with TypeScript, Node, and related full-stack web technologies to build internal tooling, visualization dashboards, and web-based interfaces for MLOps platforms
  • Experience with on-robot/edge deployment constraints (latency, compute limits, OTA model updates
  • Experience with annotation tools such as SAM or Co-Tracker


We are interested in all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.

The base pay range for this position is between $150,000 to $180,000 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.

About Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The company is best known for the development of BigDog, a quadruped robot designed for the U.S. military. Boston Dynamics has also developed a number of other robots, including Spot, a four-legged robot designed for indoor and outdoor operation, and Atlas, a humanoid robot designed for a variety of search and rescue tasks. In 2013, the company was acquired by Google X, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. In 2020, the company was acquired by Hyundai Motor Group. Boston Dynamics is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Size
300 employees
Industry
Founded
1992

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