Kforce is immediately seeking an experienced Data Engineer in support of our enterprise telecommunications and mass media client based in Greenwood Village, CO. Summary: This role bridges the gap between data science and engineering, ensuring that the predictive models developed by our data scientists are scalable, reliable, and production-ready. You'll play a key role in operationalizing models and optimizing infrastructure to support machine learning at scale. Responsibilities: * The Data Engineer will partner closely with data scientists to take machine learning models from development to production * Develop scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support real-time and batch inference * Optimize and elevate cloud resources to ensure efficient model execution * Tweak, refine, and troubleshoot models when needed to align with production constraints * Monitor deployed models to ensure reliability, accuracy, and performance * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate models into applications and services * Follow best practices in software engineering and MLOps for robust model deployment