Lead ML Scientist: Personalization & Search (Remote)

Aimlroles; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Learning budget £1,000/year

Job summary

Monzo is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Scientist to build and deploy advanced ML models that power customer search and discovery across millions of users. You will lead a cross-functional team and work on a cloud-native data platform to deliver fast, reliable AI-driven insights.

You’ll own end-to-end ML delivery, ensuring models are scalable, explainable, and aligned with business goals, while collaborating with backend engineers and data scientists.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading ML model development and deployment in a fast-moving tech environment.
• Experience shipping state-of-the-art ML models to production with measurable business impact.
• Strong ownership mindset to drive end-to-end lifecycle from problem to production.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ML Scientist role and contribute as an individual contributor.
• Develop and deploy advanced ML models for search/discovery.
• Build scalable, explainable, and responsible AI solutions with a focus on user impact.

Skills

Python

scikit-learn

SQL

Go

Machine Learning

Production ML

Tools

scikit-learn

Go lang

SQL

Job description

Monzo is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Scientist to build and deploy advanced ML models that power customer search and discovery across millions of users. You will lead a cross-functional team and work on a cloud-native data platform to deliver fast, reliable AI-driven insights.

You’ll own end-to-end ML delivery, ensuring models are scalable, explainable, and aligned with business goals, while collaborating with backend engineers and data scientists.