Principal ML Engineer: Live Sports AI & Computer Vision

Appcastenterprise; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV / NOW package

Pension package with up to 9% employer

Private healthcare with mental health

Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

Discounts on Sky products

Sharesave and tech schemes

Sky VIP rewards

Job summary

Sky is building AI that understands live sport, turning live video and sports data into real-time insights and new fan experiences. We seek a Principal ML Engineer to lead technical direction for our Sports AI platform and own system design and productionization.

You will mentor engineers, shape architecture for low-latency inference, and guide AI initiatives from idea to production at scale. This role blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in computer vision and deep learning for production systems.
• Experience at Lead/Staff/Principal level with technical ownership.
• Proven ability to ship complex AI systems to production.
• Strong judgement on model design, system architecture, and low-latency inference.
• Hands-on approach to unblock teams when needed.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for a key area of our Sports AI platform, setting direction and making the big technical calls.
• Shape architecture and guide how we build production-ready AI systems for live video and sports data at scale.
• Lead complex AI work from idea through to production, staying hands-on when the technical challenge needs it.
• Guide and influence senior engineers and data scientists through technical leadership, mentoring and design reviews.
• Raise engineering standards across quality, reliability, scalability and production readiness.
• Build credibility through deep technical expertise rather than line management responsibility.

Skills

Computer Vision

Deep Learning

Production ML systems

Technical ownership

Leadership of engineers

Job description

Sky is building AI that understands live sport, turning live video and sports data into real-time insights and new fan experiences. We seek a Principal ML Engineer to lead technical direction for our Sports AI platform and own system design and productionization.

You will mentor engineers, shape architecture for low-latency inference, and guide AI initiatives from idea to production at scale. This role blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership.