Senior AI/ML Engineer (Data Science & Software Focus)

Penta; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the technology sector is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to join their data science team in London. The role focuses on software engineering and DevOps for scalable data science solutions, requiring advanced expertise in Python, cloud services such as AWS, and mentoring skills to support junior team members. This position offers a hybrid work model and a comprehensive training budget as part of the company's commitment to develop its talent.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Discretionary bonus

Charity Days

Training & Development budget

Pension scheme

Bike to work schemes

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Data Science Engineer role.
• Strong coding skills in Python for Data Science applications.
• Experience with SQL for complex analytical queries.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to architecture and operationalise data science solutions.
• Full-stack software engineering in Python.
• Mentor junior data scientists in software development best practices.

Skills

Python programming

Software engineering architecture

SQL

DevOps for AI applications

Communication

Education

STEM degree (preferably Software Engineering)

Tools

AWS (EC2, Sagemaker, S3)

Jupyter notebooks

Git

Job description

What’s in it for me?

• Hybrid (1-2 days per week in our London Office)
• Discretionary bonus of your basic salary, dependent on personal and company performance;
• Charity Days
• Individual, dedicated Training & Development budget
• Pension
• Bike to work and other relevant schemes

About You

Essential:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working as hands-on Data Science Engineer or a role with similar responsibilities listed above at a reputable software development firm or in a comparable environment.

• You will have a blend of analytic and tech knowledge from a suitable STEM degree (Software Engineering degree preferable) and excellent communication skills.

• Advanced level in Python programming and software engineering architecture, DevOps for AI applications, some experience with SQL in any relational database.

Desirable:

• An analytical and logical mind, be dynamic, positive, and ready to make a difference

• Ability to clearly communicate complex technicalities to any audience

• A passionate drive for code quality & results

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior AI/ML Engineer to join our growing data science team in London (we are 5 at the moment), who is especially passionate about software engineering of the Data science solutions. In this role, you will be responsible for contributing to architecture, Scaling and operationalising data science solutions into production-ready systems.

We are looking for someone who:

• Takes a key role in software implementation for the AI-driven multiple stages workflows to address complex business challenges.

• Knows how to design optimal data science solution architecture given constraints and aims for that solution

• Knows how to design data science solution architecture to process big input data through the data science application with low response time

• Proficient in integrating new solutions into existing architecture / systems with a focus on performance and maintainability.
  
  

Core Responsibilities:

• Full-stack software engineering in Python of the Data Science solutions

• DevOps for Data science solutions in AWS (GCP - nice to have)

• Code review of more junior members

• Mentoring junior data scientists on the best practices in software development: clarity, modularity, maintainability, performance, organisation and testing / validation

• Writing technical documentation

• Collaborating with the database, java-developers and product teams

• Performing agile development in partnership with the team; applying and contributing to evolving processes and tooling

• Proactively acting to mitigate the company’s risk, cost base and improve our ability to serve clients.

Tech Skills Required:

• Advanced level of coding in Python for Data Science

• Software engineering architecture design for application with integrated Data Science solutions

• Jupyter server/notebooks

• AWS: EC2, Sagemaker, S3

• Git version control

• SQL skills include selecting, filtering, aggregating, and joining data using core clauses, use of CTEs, window functions, subqueries, and data cleaning functions to handle more complex analytical queries

• Implementation of the foundational ML algorithms, classic NLP techniques, LLM in Python applications