Machine Learning Engineer

Digital Waffle; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 days/week in a modern office

Greenfield ML ownership

Direct access to founding team

Job summary

An innovative AI start-up in the United Kingdom is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to design and deploy ML features. This role offers the chance to work closely with experienced founders and a senior engineering team, influencing the technical roadmap. The ideal candidate has strong experience with ML models and is excited about start-ups. The position provides opportunities for ownership and direct impact on AI-driven educational products, working in a modern London office near Liverpool St.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience building and deploying ML models in production.
• Experience with NLP or recommendation systems is a bonus.
• Excited by start-ups and motivated by impact.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and deploying ML-powered features across a production platform.
• Integrating models into scalable, real-time systems using Python and TypeScript.
• Fine-tuning and training NLP models using techniques like transformers.
• Driving the machine learning strategy and building best practices.
• Collaborate with product, engineering and leadership.

Skills

Machine Learning

Python

TypeScript

Natural Language Processing

Recommendation Systems

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

An AI-driven start-up, backed by $20M in Series A funding, is looking for its first Machine Learning Engineer to help scale their product and infrastructure. The platform transforms educational content into smart, personalised learning tools - and is already seeing rapid user growth and strong traction in the market.

This is a unique opportunity to join early, influence the technical roadmap, and work directly with experienced founders and a senior engineering team.

What you'll be doing

• Designing, building and deploying ML-powered features across a production platform
• Working across Python and TypeScript, integrating models into scalable, real-time systems
• Fine-tuning and training NLP models using techniques like transformers
• Driving the machine learning strategy and building best practices from the ground up
• Collaborating closely with product, engineering, and leadership

What we\'re looking for

• Strong commercial experience building and deploying ML models in production
• Experience with NLP or recommendation systems is a bonus
• Excited by start-ups: product-minded, hands-on, and motivated by impact

What\'s on offer

• 4 days/week in a modern London office near Liverpool St
• Greenfield ML ownership with direct access to founding team
• A chance to shape the future of an AI product already loved by users