MLOps
The set of practices for deploying, monitoring, and maintaining machine learning models in production environments.
MLOps (Machine Learning Operations) bridges the gap between model development and production deployment. It applies DevOps principles — continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, monitoring — to the machine learning lifecycle.
Key MLOps concerns include model versioning, experiment tracking, data pipeline management, model serving infrastructure, A/B testing, drift detection, and automated retraining. Tools like MLflow, Weights & Biases, Kubeflow, and cloud-native ML platforms (AWS SageMaker, Google Vertex AI) form the MLOps toolkit.
MLOps engineers are essential at any company running ML models in production. The role combines software engineering, infrastructure management, and ML knowledge. As more companies deploy AI at scale, demand for MLOps expertise has grown significantly.
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