Contract Machine Learning Engineer - SC Cleared

Machine Learning Engineer - SC Cleared 1 Month Contract | £600 per day | Outside IR35 | Immediate Start

We are seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to support a short-term engagement focused on developing, training and deploying custom machine learning models. This role requires strong hands-on Python development experience and a solid grounding in core machine learning concepts.

Due to the nature of the work, active SC clearance is required.

You will be responsible for designing, training and applying traditional machine learning models to solve defined business problems. The engagement will require someone comfortable working autonomously, refining model performance, and delivering production-ready solutions within a short timeframe.

• Design, develop and optimise machine learning models using Python

• Train and validate traditional ML algorithms on structured datasets

• Apply appropriate evaluation metrics and performance tuning techniques

• Translate business requirements into robust ML solutions

• Deploy or hand over trained models for operational use

• Clearly document methodology and model performance

• Strong commercial experience in Python development

• Proven experience working with traditional machine learning models (e.g. regression, classification, clustering, ensemble methods)

• Demonstrable experience training, validating and applying custom ML models

• Strong understanding of core Machine Learning concepts (feature engineering, overfitting, bias/variance trade-off, cross-validation, model evaluation)

• Experience working with common ML libraries (e.g. scikit-learn, pandas, NumPy)

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced contract environment

• Active SC Clearance

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