Senior ML Engineer: Ranking & Recommendations, Own ML Infra

trg.recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing startup in Greater London seeks a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to establish the recommendations infrastructure from scratch. This role offers significant ownership, working closely with Data, Product, and Engineering teams to embed ML capabilities into the user experience. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in machine learning, particularly in ranking and recommendation systems, and are proficient in Python and cloud-based ML technologies like GCP. A competitive package and opportunity for growth await.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in machine learning engineering.
• Strong track record building ranking, recommendation, or personalisation systems in production.
• Experience using generative AI such as LLMs for embedding generation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own the recommendations infrastructure.
• Define long-term ML strategy and best practices for model development.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Data teams.

Skills

Machine learning engineering

Ranking systems

Recommendation systems

Generative AI

Cloud-based ML infrastructure (GCP)

Python proficiency

Tools

BigQuery

dbt

Job description

A fast-growing startup in Greater London seeks a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to establish the recommendations infrastructure from scratch. This role offers significant ownership, working closely with Data, Product, and Engineering teams to embed ML capabilities into the user experience. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in machine learning, particularly in ranking and recommendation systems, and are proficient in Python and cloud-based ML technologies like GCP. A competitive package and opportunity for growth await.