Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer - Canary Wharf - 75k - Hybrid

A leading organisation is expanding its AI capability and is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to help build and scale next-generation NLP and Gen AI solutions. This role sits at the heart of an established data function, working on real production workloads rather than prototypes.

You'll play a key role in shaping how intelligent automation, LLMs and ML-driven services are designed, deployed and continuously improved.

What you'll be working on* Designing and delivering Gen AI and LLM-driven applications* Building and maintaining machine learning pipelines and data workflows* Developing cloud-native (serverless) ML components within a distributed engineering team* Improving existing ML systems and identifying opportunities for optimisation* Supporting sprint planning, estimation and shaping a healthy product backlog

What you'll need to bring* Strong hands-on Python skills and solid grounding in algorithms and software engineering* Experience designing ML/AI solutions and working with common architecture patterns* Background in serverless data/ML pipelines (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP welcome)* Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL data stores* Broad understanding of machine learning methods (regression, tree-based models, clustering, deep learning, attention models, transformers, vector representations)* Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to a range of stakeholders* Confidence estimating development effort and costs

Nice to have* CI/CD experience (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)* Exposure to ML Ops tooling (Azure ML, AI Foundry, SageMaker or Vertex AI)* Infrastructure-as-Code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform)* Previous work building Gen AI-powered products or automation

Tech environment you'll be joining Python, C#Azure Data Factory, Logic AppsSQL, Cosmos DBAzure Functions, Azure BatchAzure DevOps (CI/CD, Bicep)Azure AI services including Azure ML, Azure OpenAI, Speech-to-Text and document intelligenceCopilot Studio, D365, M365 Copilot

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