junior level role, but currently it is a mix of working like a proxy product owner and half software engg.

the users are researchers and have deep technical knowledge of their use case. it is still a challenge to map their needs into design decisions of what they want in the end. thanks to open-source efforts, the model creation is rather straightforward. but everything around making that happen and shaping it like a tool is a ride.

especially love the ever-changing technical stack of "AI" services by major cloud providers rn. it makes mlops nothing more than a demo imho.