Machine Learning Engineering with Python

Supercharge the value of your machine learning models by building scalable and robust solutions that can serve them in production environments

Key Features

• Explore hyperparameter optimization and model management tools
• Learn object-oriented programming and functional programming in Python to build your own ML libraries and packages
• Explore key ML engineering patterns like microservices and the Extract Transform Machine Learn (ETML) pattern with use cases

Book Description

Machine learning engineering is a thriving discipline at the interface of software development and machine learning. This book will help developers working with machine learning and Python to put their knowledge to work and create high-quality machine learning products and services.

Machine Learning Engineering with Python takes a hands-on approach to help you get to grips with essential technical concepts, implementation patterns, and development methodologies to have you up and running in no time. You'll begin by understanding key steps of the machine learning development life cycle before moving on to practical illustrations and getting to grips with building and deploying robust machine learning solutions. As you advance, you'll explore how to create your own toolsets for training and deployment across all your projects in a consistent way. The book will also help you get hands-on with deployment architectures and discover methods for scaling up your solutions while building a solid understanding of how to use cloud-based tools effectively. Finally, you'll work through examples to help you solve typical business problems.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to build end-to-end machine learning services using a variety of techniques and design your own processes for consistently performant machine learning engineering.

What you will learn

• Find out what an effective ML engineering process looks like
• Uncover options for automating training and deployment and learn how to use them
• Discover how to build your own wrapper libraries for encapsulating your data science and machine learning logic and solutions
• Understand what aspects of software engineering you can bring to machine learning
• Gain insights into adapting software engineering for machine learning using appropriate cloud technologies
• Perform hyperparameter tuning in a relatively automated way

Who this book is for

This book is for machine learning engineers, data scientists, and software developers who want to build robust software solutions with machine learning components. If you're someone who manages or wants to understand the production life cycle of these systems, you'll find this book useful. Intermediate-level knowledge of Python is necessary.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to ML Engineering
2. The Machine Learning Development Process
3. From Model to Model Factory
4. Packaging Up
5. Deployment Patterns and Tools
6. Scaling Up
7. Building an Example ML Microservice
8. Building an Extract Transform Machine Learning Use Case

Andrew Peter (Andy) McMahonis a machine learning engineer and data scientist with experience of working in, and leading, successful analytics and software teams. His expertise centers on building production-grade ML systems that can deliver value at scale. He is currently ML Engineering Lead at NatWest Group and was previously Analytics Team Lead at Aggreko.

He has an undergraduate degree in theoretical physics from the University of Glasgow, as well as master's and Ph.D. degrees in condensed matter physics from Imperial College London. In 2019, Andy was named Data Scientist of the Year at the International Data Science Awards. He currently co-hosts the AI Right podcast, discussing hot topics in AI with other members of the Scottish tech scene.