Principal Machine Learning Engineer

AXA UK plc; Redhill; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in the UK is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to guide technical solutions and improve delivery quality. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders and leveraging technologies like Azure and Python. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a robust understanding of ML engineering. Competitive salary of £90,000-£100,000, alongside bonuses and benefits, is offered.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Annual company & performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Life Assurance

Private medical cover

28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Opportunity to buy/sell extra days leave

Wellbeing services & resources

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of ML engineering processing technologies.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership in a product team.
• Expertise in multiple technologies required, such as Azure Databricks and MLFlow.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for development of data engineering solutions.
• Design solutions for model deployment and data management.
• Mentor and teach colleagues across the group.

Skills

Machine Learning Engineering

Azure Databricks

Python

PySpark

DevOps

GIT

Agile Practices

Job description

We're currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Machine Learning Engineer to join our team as a key technical authority and thought leader for our ML Engineering team. You'll be responsible for driving the improvement of technical delivery quality, guiding solution development and delivery, and providing expertise in a wide range of applications and technologies.

You'll be collaborating with data scientists, data engineers, solution engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure the smooth integration of machine learning models into production systems. At AXA, we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team, and our customers.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide technical leadership and expertise for the development and implementation of data engineering solutions.
• Design scalable robust solutions to cover Model Deployment and versioning, Data Management and Feature engineering, Model Monitoring and Performance Management, and Automation and Orchestration.
• Senior Stakeholder management, capacity planning, and developing delivery plans.
• Define and deploy best practices in Machine Learning and MLOps, mentor and teach colleagues across the group.
• Take offline models data scientists build and turn them into a real machine learning production system.
• Build and improve reusable tools and modelling pipelines and support knowledge sharing across several teams.
• Actively contribute to the sharing of knowledge and expertise through communities and working groups (internal and external).
• Contribute to the delivery of code and provide expertise in several key technology areas.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in MLOps, Azure, and Databricks technologies, and proactively identify opportunities to enhance our ML capabilities.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of ML engineering processing technologies.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership in a product team or domain.
• Expert fundamentals in multiple technologies and frameworks required, such as Azure Datatabricks, Azure ML, MLFlow, Devops, GIT, Python, and PySpark, and microservices.
• Excellent knowledge of development lifecycles.
• Ability to lead and work in a team, as well as being self-sufficient.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Agile practices, principles, and theories, including Value Stream level ceremonies.
• Ability to prioritize and confidence in decision making.

What we offer:

• Competitive annual salary of £90,000-£100,000 dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer, and we take pride in treating our employees and potential hires with respect and without discrimination based on any Protected Characteristics. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from people who face barriers in the workplace due to a disability or long-term health condition.