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Lead Machine Learning Engineer
- london, england, United Kingdom
- Job type not listed
- £80 - £120 Per Hour
Job Description
Requirements
- You are a technical expert among your peers, capable of going deep on particular topics and demonstrating breadth of knowledge to solve almost any problem ,
- You possess strong Python skills and practical experience operationalising models using frameworks like Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch ,
- You are an expert in at least one major Cloud Solution Provider (e.g., Azure, GCP, AWS) and have led teams to build full-stack web applications ,
- You have hands-on experience with containerisation tools like Docker and orchestration via Kubernetes ,
- You can successfully manage and coach a team of engineers, setting team-wide development goals to improve client delivery ,
- You find novel, clever solutions for project delivery and take ownership for successful project outcomes ,
- You're an excellent communicator who can proactively help customers achieve their goals and guide both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- Join us as a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to spearhead the technical direction and delivery of complex, innovative AI projects. You will act as a technical expert, applying your skills across various projects from AI strategy to client-side deployments, while ensuring architectural decisions are sound and reliable ,
- This role demands a balance of deep technical expertise and strong leadership, focusing on driving innovation, fostering team growth, and building reusable solutions across the organisation. If you're ready to manage high-risk projects and deliver practical, innovative outcomes, this is your chance to shape our future ,
- Setting the technical direction for complex ML projects, balancing trade-offs, and guiding team priorities ,
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable, scalable ML/software systems and justifying key architectural decisions ,
- Defining project problems, developing roadmaps, and overseeing delivery across multiple work-streams in often ill-defined, high-risk environments ,
- Driving the development of shared resources and libraries across the organisation and guiding other engineers in contributing to them ,
- Leading hiring processes, making informed selection decisions, and mentoring multiple individuals to foster team growth ,
- Proactively developing and executing recommendations for adopting new technologies and changing our ways of working to stay ahead of the competition ,
- Acting as a technical expert and coach for customers, accurately estimating large work-streams and defending rationale to stakeholders


