MLOps Engineer – Visual Search Project (Bol.com)

Position: MLOps Engineer – Visual Search Project (Bol.com)

Location: Utrecht / Hybrid

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Freelance / External contractor

Project Type: Greenfield, MVP development

About the Project

Bol.com is initiating a new team within its Search department to explore and build a visual search experience within the mobile app (Android/iOS). The goal is to enhance the customer journey by integrating a visual component into the product discovery process.

This greenfield initiative involves developing both frontend and backend components and aims to deliver working prototypes and a shippable MVP that integrates with the existing platform landscape.

Team Composition

The new team will consist of a mix of internal employees and external contractors and include:

• Mobile Developer(s)
  
  
• Backend Developer(s)
  
  
• Data Scientist(s) with a focus on image processing
  
  
• MLOps Engineer (this role)
  
  

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain ML deployment pipelines
  
  
• Set up scalable CI/CD workflows
  
  
• Containerize and orchestrate services using Docker and Kubernetes
  
  
• Integrate ML model serving frameworks and deployment patterns
  
  
• Implement monitoring and logging systems
  
  
• Collaborate closely with developers and data scientists in an agile setup
  
  
• Ensure production-readiness and system integration within the larger architecture
  
  

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience with ML CI/CD pipelines
  
  
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes
  
  
• Experience deploying ML models using serving frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow Serving, TorchServe)
  
  
• Cloud platform experience (preferably GCP; AWS or Azure also acceptable)
  
  
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or equivalent
  
  

Required Experience & Profile

• Minimum 5 years of experience in MLOps or a similar role
  
  
• Proven experience with computer vision projects
  
  
• Track record of successful production deployments
  
  
• Strong communication and documentation skills
  
  
• Experience working in agile environments
  
  
• Deadline-driven and solution-oriented
  
  
• Team player with collaborative mindset