ML Ops Engineer

Element Materials Technology; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing company is looking for an ML Ops Engineer to enhance their data team. This role involves designing data architectures and orchestrating pipelines for machine learning projects within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. Ideal candidates will have expertise in data extraction, cloud solutions, and infrastructure as code using Terraform. Join a dynamic environment where you can contribute to innovative data solutions and enhance your skills in MLOps.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data engineering.
• Strong expertise in Apache Airflow and Azure.
• Experience with Terraform for cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, high-performance data solutions.
• Develop and optimize ETL workflows using Airflow.
• Collaborate on MLOps processes and model deployment.

Skills

Data pipeline orchestration

Data lake architecture

Infrastructure as code

Data extraction

MLOps

Containerization

Cloud solutions

Web scraping

APIs

Natural language processing

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Microsoft Azure

Apache Airflow

Kubernetes

Docker

BeautifulSoup

Scrapy

Selenium

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled ML Ops Engineer to join our growing data team. This role is critical in designing and implementing robust, scalable, and efficient data systems that power analytics, machine learning models, and business insights. The ideal candidate will have expertise in data pipeline orchestration (e.g., Airflow), data lake and warehouse architecture and development, infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, and data extraction from both structured and unstructured data sources (e.g. websites). Knowledge using the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, MLOps, Kubernetes, and other modern data engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Data Architecture & Development:

• Devesign and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance data lake and data warehouse solutions.
• Lerage best practices in schema design, partitioning, and optimisation for efficient storage and retrieval.
• Build and maintain data models to support analytics and machine learning workflows.

Pipeline Orchestration:

• Develop, monitor, and optimize ETL/ELT workflows using Apache Airflow.
• Ensure data pipelines are robust, error-tolerant, and scalable for real-time and batch processing.

Data Scraping & Unstructured Data Processing:

• Develop and maintain scalable web scraping solutions to collect data from diverse sources, including APIs, websites, and other unstructured data sources.
• Extract, clean, and transform unstructured data such as text, images, and log files into structured formats suitable for analysis.
• Use tools and frameworks like BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, or Selenium for web scraping, and natural language processing (NLP) techniques for text processing.

Cloud Integration:

• Design and implement cloud-native data solutions with Microsoft Azure.
• Optimize costs and performance of cloud-based data solutions.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

• Use Terraform to automate the provisioning and management of cloud infrastructure.
• Define reusable and modular Terraform configurations to support scalable deployment of resources.

MLOps:

• Collaborate with data scientists and machine learning engineers to operationalise machine learning models.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for machine learning workflows, ensuring efficient model deployment and monitoring.

Containerisation and Orchestration:

• Utilize Kubernetes and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker) to deploy scalable, fault-tolerant data processing systems.
• Manage infrastructure and resource allocation for containerised data applications.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with stakeholders, including data scientists, software engineers, and business analysts, to align technical solutions with business needs.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning within the team.

Skills / Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field.
• Strong expertise in data pipeline orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing data lakes and warehouses (experience with Azure is a plus).
• Demonstrated experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Solid understanding of MLOps practices, including model training, deployment, and monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerised environments.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python & SQL.
• Experience with distributed computing frameworks such as Spark.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail.

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Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming "the world's most trusted testing partner".

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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