Production ML Engineer (Python) — APIs & Scalable AI

Understanding Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer with a strong Python software engineering background to help build, deploy, and scale production-grade AI systems. This role focuses on turning models into reliable, scalable applications rather than pure research.

You will combine hands-on ML with software engineering fundamentals, including API development, testing, deployment, and production infrastructure across cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Production-grade Python software development experience.
• Experience deploying ML models to production.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including object-oriented programming and system design.
• Hands-on experience building APIs and backend services using FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• Familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Understanding of containerisation and modern deployment practices.
• An engineering mindset focused on robust, scalable systems.

Skills

Python

API development

Cloud platforms

ML frameworks

Testing & deployment

Software engineering fundamentals

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

Django

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Understanding Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer with a strong Python software engineering background to help build, deploy, and scale production-grade AI systems. This role focuses on turning models into reliable, scalable applications rather than pure research.

You will combine hands-on ML with software engineering fundamentals, including API development, testing, deployment, and production infrastructure across cloud platforms.