MLOps Engineer

Hastings Insurance Services Limited; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Performance bonus

Life assurance

Pension contributions

Cycle to work

Health benefits

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Hastings Direct is seeking an MLOps Engineer to turn pricing models and data science work into reliable production workflows. You'll collaborate with Pricing, Data Science, Data Engineering and ML Engineering teams to build pipelines that are testable, releaseable, monitorable and maintainable.

The role is hands-on, focusing on Python and SQL, automation, good engineering practices and governed delivery in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Strong Python, SQL and engineering fundamentals; ability to work across data science and production workflows.
• Experience building reliable, reusable data or ML workflows.
• Good SQL skills and experience with structured datasets.
• Understanding of ML fundamentals, especially supervised learning.
• Experience with Git, code review, testing and technical documentation.
• Exposure to cloud-based data environments.
• Clear communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate with data scientists, analysts, engineers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build, improve and maintain ML pipelines used within Market Pricing.
• Productionise Python-based models, notebooks and data science workflows.
• Move models from development into repeatable, tested production processes.
• Improve testing, release, monitoring and maintainability of pipelines.
• Investigate issues across data, model and pipeline workflows.
• Automate manual steps to improve quality, speed or control.
• Support good engineering practices: Git, code review, testing and documentation.
• Ensure pipelines are traceable, auditable and safe to change.
• Collaborate with Pricing, Data Science, Data Engineering and governance teams.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Git & code review

Testing & documentation

Cloud platforms

Data science workflows

Problem solving

Tools

Airflow

MLflow

Job description

We're looking for an MLOps Engineer to help turn pricing models and data science work into reliable production workflows. You'll work with Pricing, Data Science, Data Engineering and ML Engineering teams to build pipelines that are easier to test, release, monitor and maintain. The role is hands-on, with a focus on Python, SQL, automation, good engineering practice and controlled delivery in a regulated environment. You'll own defined MLOps components and pipelines, while working with senior colleagues on wider standards, architecture and governance. What you'll do

• Build, improve and maintain machine learning pipelines used within Market Pricing.
• Productionise Python-based models, notebooks and data science workflows.
• Help move models from development into repeatable, tested and documented production processes.
• Improve how model workflows are tested, released, monitored and maintained.
• Investigate issues across data, model and pipeline workflows.
• Automate manual steps where this improves quality, speed or control.
• Support good engineering practices, including Git, code review, testing and documentation.
• Make sure pipelines and model workflows are traceable, auditable and safe to change.
• Work closely with Pricing, Data Science, Data Engineering, ML Engineering and governance stakeholders.

Technology and ways of working

You will work in a modern data and machine learning environment. The role is likely to involve:

• Python, including libraries such as Pandas, NumPy and scikit-learn.
• SQL and large structured datasets.
• Cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks or similar.
• Git-based version control and code review.
• CI/CD and automated testing using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or similar.
• Model deployment, monitoring, versioning and governance.
• Reusable engineering patterns for production machine learning.

At Hastings Direct, we're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.

Requirements

• Strong Python, SQL, engineering fundamentals and a willingness to work across data science and production workflows are most important.
• Strong Python skills and experience building data or machine learning workflows.
• Good SQL skills and confidence working with structured datasets.
• Experience building reliable, reusable and maintainable code or pipelines.
• Understanding of machine learning fundamentals, especially supervised learning.
• Experience with Git, code review, testing and technical documentation.
• Exposure to cloud-based data or engineering environments.
• Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain technical ideas to different audiences.
• Comfortable working with data scientists, analysts, engineers and business stakeholders.
• A practical focus on quality, reliability, governance and maintainability.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Exposure to modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Spark or similar.
• Experience with MLOps practices such as model deployment, monitoring, versioning or model registries.
• Exposure to workflow orchestration or deployment tools such as Airflow, MLflow, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or similar.
• Experience in pricing, insurance, financial services or another regulated environment.
• Understanding of model governance, responsible AI or explainability.

Interview process

• Recruiter screening call
• Intro with Hiring manager
• Interview with hiring team - Case study
• Final chat with business leader

As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive – what this means to you is if you're applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). For more information on the DCS, please visit our inclusive business page on our careers website.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary you will also receive… Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach – please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail Competitive bonus scheme – all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus Financial wellbeing – as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award winning package which includes - discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support Mental wellbeing programme – we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs There’s more! – 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks, access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more …. Join us and you'll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you will be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we'll give you all the support, training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we will deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.

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