Production ML Engineer — Backend & Python

Understanding Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment is partnering with an ambitious technology company to hire a Machine Learning Engineer with excellent software engineering fundamentals.

This role goes beyond notebooks: you will deploy ML models, build backend services and APIs with FastAPI/Flask/Django, and own production-grade AI systems.

You should be fluent in Python, familiar with PyTorch, TensorFlow or scikit-learn, and comfortable with AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, CI/CD, testing and clean architecture.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial Python experience and solid software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience building backend services and APIs using FastAPI, Flask or Django.
• Hands-on experience deploying and maintaining ML models in production.
• Familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow or scikit-learn.
• Experience with AWS, GCP or Azure, Docker and CI/CD.
• A strong understanding of scalable systems, testing and clean architecture.

Skills

Python

Backend software engineering

Production ML

Testing

Clean architecture

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

Django

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

Understanding Recruitment is partnering with an ambitious technology company to hire a Machine Learning Engineer with excellent software engineering fundamentals.

This role goes beyond notebooks: you will deploy ML models, build backend services and APIs with FastAPI/Flask/Django, and own production-grade AI systems.

You should be fluent in Python, familiar with PyTorch, TensorFlow or scikit-learn, and comfortable with AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, CI/CD, testing and clean architecture.