# Junior MLOps Engineer

Manage ML model lifecycle, deployment, and monitoring

- **Field:** [AI & Machine Learning](/en/fields/ai-ml)

## What the job is

Junior MLOps Engineers manage the operational side of machine learning, including model versioning, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and retraining. They combine DevOps principles with ML-specific requirements.

## Routes there

### [AI & Machine Learning](/en/tracks/ai-machine-learning)

Become a junior AI engineer (math → ML → deep learning → deployment).

**28 weeks · Intermediate**

::route
1. [Python & Mathematics for ML](/en/paths/python-mathematics-for-ml) — 4 chapters · 10 hours a week · 1 checkpoint
2. [Machine Learning Fundamentals](/en/paths/machine-learning-fundamentals) — 4 chapters · 12 hours a week · 1 checkpoint
3. [ML Engineering & Deployment](/en/paths/ml-engineering-deployment) — 3 chapters · 8 hours a week · 1 checkpoint
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::cta https://app.artimend.com/tracks/ai-machine-learning Start this track

## The skills these routes build

From the chapters of each learning path, in the order they are taught.

- **[Python & Mathematics for ML](/en/paths/python-mathematics-for-ml):** NumPy · pandas · Jupyter · SciPy · Vectors · Matrices · Eigenvalues · SVD · PCA · Derivatives · Gradients · Gradient Descent · Backpropagation · Probability · Bayesian Reasoning · Probability Distributions · Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- **[Machine Learning Fundamentals](/en/paths/machine-learning-fundamentals):** Linear Regression · Regularization · Feature Engineering · Cross-Validation · Logistic Regression · Decision Trees · Random Forests · XGBoost · Hyperparameter Tuning · k-means Clustering · Hierarchical Clustering · DBSCAN · PCA · Dimensionality Reduction · Neural Networks · Backpropagation · PyTorch · TensorFlow · Keras
- **[ML Engineering & Deployment](/en/paths/ml-engineering-deployment):** Experiment Tracking · MLflow · Weights & Biases · DVC · Project Structure · FastAPI · Model Serving · Docker · Batch vs Online Inference · Model Monitoring · Data Drift Detection · Retraining Pipelines

## What is not promised

Artimend prepares you for this work; it does not find you a job. Nor does it publish salary or demand figures, because it has none it can source.