Senior Application Platform Engineer / MLOps Lisboa

Overview

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We’re looking for a Senior Application Platform Engineer / MLOps to join our client — a leading American digital content platform with millions of users and a massive library of ebooks, audiobooks, and documents. You’ll be working at the intersection of ML Engineering, Infrastructure, and Software Engineering to build scalable and efficient model deployment pipelines, internal tooling, and automation workflows. This is a
- term, fully remote opportunity with a supportive international team and plenty of room for ownership.

Base pay range: $68, 000. 00/yr - $78, 000. 00/yr.

Responsibilities

• Operate at the intersection of ML Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, and Software Engineering.
• Build and maintain model deployment and monitoring pipelines (AWS Sagemaker).
• Create and maintain client libraries used by internal ML teams.
• Manage cloud infrastructure with Terraform.
• Write
  - ready scripts in Python, or Bash.
• Provide guidance to ML engineers on model deployment and operations.
• Maintain clean and clear internal documentation and runbooks.

Qualifications

• 4–5+ years of experience as a software/infrastructure engineer.
• Strong
  - on experience with Python and Terraform.
• Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience operating across ML, infrastructure, and software engineering disciplines.
• Upper-Intermediate English or higher.

Nice to Have

• Experience in Scala or Ruby.
• Understanding of how ML models are trained.
• Scripting with Bash/Python.
• Git
  Hub Actions pipelines.
• Experience with AWS Sagemaker.
• Interest in working with Go.

About The Project

Client is an American
- book and audiobook subscription service that includes one million titles. The platform hosts 60 million documents on its open publishing platform. ML Engineering builds robust foundational capabilities for Scribd, by solving hard challenges at the intersection of infrastructure and rapidly evolving ML landscape, enabling future product needs.

Platform Tech Stack: Terraform, Python, Ruby, Go, AWS (Sagemaker, Aurora, Dynamo, ECS), Apache Spark (Python/Scala), Bash, Git
Hub Actions.

Working Conditions

• Work schedule: Standard working hours for CET, with occasional evening meetings (no later than 8 PM local time).
• Fully Remote: Flexibility to work from anywhere across Europe.
• Engagement: Long-term.

Interview process

HR Interview: Initial discussion with our recruiter (~30-45 min); KITRUM’s Technical Interview ~1. 5 hours; Client Interview.

Why you’ll love working here

• Competitive Pay: We offer a compensation that reflects your skills and experience.
• Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere — our team is distributed across the globe.
• Professional Growth: Access to continuous learning opportunities, including paid courses, certifications, mentorship.
• Work-Life Balance: 30 days of paid vacation and 6 paid sick days per year, plus flexible hours.
• Inclusive Culture: We embrace diversity and foster a culture of trust, transparency, and mutual respect.
• Cool Perks: Join our virtual team events, budget for your home office setup, and access to exclusive content and tools.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development