ML Engineering Manager — Lead Scalable AI Systems

Compare the Market; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Compare the Market is seeking a Machine Learning Engineering Manager to lead a team building production ML/AI systems in a fast-moving, financial-services environment. You will drive real-time inference APIs, batch data products, and agentic solutions, collaborating with data scientists and product leads to deliver measurable business impact.

The role requires strong Python and ML fundamentals, leadership experience, and the ability to guide platform and tooling decisions in a hybrid London

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams focused on ML platforms and AI systems.
• Strong Python and ML/AI engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of ML engineers delivering production systems (real-time APIs, batch data products, and agentic solutions).
• Collaborate with data scientists to move prototypes into production while maintaining quality and performance.
• Set standards for production health, observability, and tooling across the team.

Skills

Team leadership

Python

ML systems

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Job description

Compare the Market is seeking a Machine Learning Engineering Manager to lead a team building production ML/AI systems in a fast-moving, financial-services environment. You will drive real-time inference APIs, batch data products, and agentic solutions, collaborating with data scientists and product leads to deliver measurable business impact.

The role requires strong Python and ML fundamentals, leadership experience, and the ability to guide platform and tooling decisions in a hybrid London