What tools do ML engineers actually use day-to-day (besides training models)?

Research#llm📝 Blog|Analyzed: Dec 27, 2025 21:00
Published: Dec 27, 2025 20:00
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Analysis

This Reddit post from r/learnmachinelearning highlights a common misconception about the role of ML engineers. It correctly points out that model training is only a small part of the job. The post seeks advice on essential tools for data cleaning, feature engineering, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. The mentioned tools like Pandas, SQL, Kubernetes, AWS, FastAPI/Flask are indeed important, but the discussion could benefit from including tools for model monitoring (e.g., Evidently AI, Arize AI), CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), and data versioning (e.g., DVC). The post serves as a good starting point for aspiring ML engineers to understand the breadth of skills required beyond model building.
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"So I’ve been hearing that most of your job as an ML engineer isn't model building but rather data cleaning, feature pipelines, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, etc."
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r/learnmachinelearningDec 27, 2025 20:00
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