Machine Learning Integration Engineer

Camwebdir; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday

Birthday day off

Private medical insurance

Life insurance 4x salary

Pension scheme

Enhanced family leave

Employee Assistance Program

Cycle to work

Job summary

Darktrace is a global leader in AI-powered cybersecurity, seeking a Software Engineer focused on ML integration. You will help deploy and optimise innovative ML models to enhance Darktrace’s services while balancing creativity, logic, and timelines.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create cutting-edge models and scalable solutions, with a hybrid role requiring in-office presence in Cambridge at least two days per week.

Qualifications

• Strong production-quality Python coding skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team.
• Familiarity with ML frameworks and model acceleration pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and optimise ML models to improve Darktrace services.
• Collaborate with engineers, ML specialists and researchers.
• Balance innovation with production constraints, focusing on speed and scalability.
• Develop core competencies across technology stacks and domains.

Skills

Python programming

Autonomous work

Team collaboration

Analytical mindset

Tools

PyTorch

ONNX

ONNX Runtime

NumPy

Pandas

Rust (ort)

Job description

Darktrace is a global leader in AI for cybersecurity that keeps organizations ahead of the changing threat landscape every day. Founded in 2013, Darktrace provides the essential cybersecurity platform protecting nearly 10,000 organizations from unknown threats using its proprietary AI.

The Darktrace Active AI Security Platform™ delivers a proactive approach to cyber resilience to secure the business across the entire digital estate – from network to cloud to email. Breakthrough innovations from our R&D teams have resulted in over 200 patent applications filed. Darktrace’s platform and services are supported by over 2,400 employees around the world. To learn more, visit http://www.darktrace.com.

Job Description:

Join our dynamic R&D teams in Cambridge and London, where you'll contribute to the development and enhancement of products driving our company's rapid growth.

Please note this is a hybrid position that requires attendance in the Cambridge office at least 2 days a week.

What will I be doing:

As a Software Engineer focussing on ML integration, you will assist with the deployment and optimisation of new and innovative machine learning models to further improve Darktrace’s services and offerings while balancing creativity, logical thinking and time constraints to implement novel features.

You will collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, machine learning specialists and security researchers to create cutting-edge models and optimising solutions to improve both speed and scale. Other responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Contributing to projects ranging from rapid prototyping of new ideas to optimising runtime and memory usage of existing models,
• Advancing our unique methodology for defending against unknown cyber-attacks,
• Embracing innovation and creativity in your approach, alongside traditional project-based development,
• Developing core competencies in various technology stacks, with opportunities to specialize in specific domains.

What experience do I need:

We seek engineers with a solution-focused mindset and an analytical approach to problem-solving. During the interview process, you'll demonstrate your programming skills and your ability to write production-quality Python code. Additionally, you should be:

• Comfortable working autonomously and making independent decisions, while also being able to collaborate effectively within a team,
• Familiar with common machine learning and model acceleration frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, ONNX, ONNX Runtime)
• Experienced with Python data and matrix manipulation libraries (e.g. numpy and pandas),
• Knowledgeable about Python memory management and optimising GPU usage (beneficial but not essential),
• Experienced with Rust, specifically the ort crate (beneficial but not essential)
• Interested in cyber security and willing to learn more.

Benefits:

• 23 days’ holiday + all public holidays, rising to 25 days after 2 years of service,
• Additional day off for your birthday,
• Private medical insurance which covers you, your cohabiting partner and children,
• Life insurance of 4 times your base salary,
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme,
• Enhanced family leave,
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program,
• Cycle to work scheme.

Darktrace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Darktrace is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please contact your Talent Partner.