Senior ML Engineer — Growth & Customer Experience (Hybrid)

Just Eat Takeaway.com; Epsom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com in the UK is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join the Growth & Customer Experience Engineering team. The role is hybrid (3 days in the office, 2 days from home) and full-time, with responsibilities spanning production ML systems and cross-functional collaboration.

You will lead architectural design, mentor engineers, and drive MLOps practices to scale recommendations across the platform, aligning with internal stakeholders and delivering impact for millions of

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python and a strong understanding of software engineering principles (OO design, patterns, testing) applied to Machine Learning
• Demonstrable experience designing and operating ML systems in production (not just training models in notebooks), including familiarity with serving patterns (e.g., REST APIs, batch inference, event-driven)
• Experience with orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Dagster) and cloud-native ML platforms (e.g., AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex AI)
• Ability to influence decision-making regarding infrastructure and tooling, balancing 'build vs. buy' discussions
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with data engineering fundamentals (SQL, distributed data processing) to debug and optimize data flows
• A proactive mindset to automate manual processes and a passion for improving the developer experience for Data Scientists

Responsibilities

• Collaborate extensively with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Backend Engineers to bridge the gap between model development and production systems
• Lead the architectural design of end-to-end ML systems, from data ingestion and training pipelines to real-time inference and monitoring infrastructure
• Transform innovative data science prototypes into robust, scalable, and secure production software, taking ownership of the 'path to production'
• Drive the adoption of MLOps best practices (CI/CD for ML, model versioning, feature stores) to accelerate the feedback loop for Data Scientists
• Effectively communicate the complexities of ML systems (e.g., latency vs. accuracy trade-offs) to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Build and maintain a strong network across the Data and Engineering organizations to ensure ML systems integrate seamlessly with the wider platform
• Lead projects, mentor peers, and advocate for engineering excellence within the data science domain

Skills

Python

OO design

Testing

REST APIs

Model deployment

MLOps

CI/CD for ML

Airflow

Dagster

AWS SageMaker

GCP Vertex AI

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL

Tools

Airflow

Dagster

AWS SageMaker

GCP Vertex AI

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Just Eat Takeaway.com in the UK is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join the Growth & Customer Experience Engineering team. The role is hybrid (3 days in the office, 2 days from home) and full-time, with responsibilities spanning production ML systems and cross-functional collaboration.

You will lead architectural design, mentor engineers, and drive MLOps practices to scale recommendations across the platform, aligning with internal stakeholders and delivering impact for millions of