Senior ML Engineer: Lead Production AI & MLOps

Government Recruitment Service; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Machine Learning Engineer role at Government Recruitment Service sits within the Digital, Data and Technology directorate of the UK government. You will lead complex ML solutions, across data science to production systems, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate challenges into scalable, secure ML services.

The role emphasizes ML engineering, MLOps, CI/CD, code quality, and responsible AI.

Qualifications

• Lead the design and deployment of complex ML solutions.
• Coordinate data scientists and engineers across the lifecycle.
• Advise on architecture, security and production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and deployment of complex ML solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across the ML lifecycle: data prep to deployment.
• Set and champion ML engineering standards, including testing and version control.
• Lead adoption of MLOps: CI/CD, automated testing and monitoring.
• Influence strategic ML direction and translate priorities into deliverables.

Skills

ML engineering

MLOps

CI/CD

Data science

Software engineering

Technical leadership

Job description

The Senior Machine Learning Engineer role at Government Recruitment Service sits within the Digital, Data and Technology directorate of the UK government. You will lead complex ML solutions, across data science to production systems, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate challenges into scalable, secure ML services.

The role emphasizes ML engineering, MLOps, CI/CD, code quality, and responsible AI.