Senior ML Engineer

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential fintech organization that is experiencing rapid growth in the AI and financial services space. They are seeking a Senior ML Engineer to join their expanding team and help build the next generation of production-ready AI systems for highly regulated financial environments.

This is a remote-first position based in the United Kingdom, offering the opportunity to work on cutting-edge language models and NLP systems that are reshaping how financial institutions operate.

Responsibilities

• Architect, fine-tune and optimize machine learning models including large language models and classical ML approaches
• Experiment with modern architectures such as Transformers and Mixture-of-Experts
• Apply efficient training and fine-tuning techniques including LoRA and parameter-efficient methods
• Develop robust evaluation approaches to measure model quality and reliability
• Build and deploy production-grade NLP pipelines and services with low latency and high availability
• Integrate models into scalable cloud infrastructure and real-world applications
• Lead the acquisition, processing and governance of large structured and unstructured datasets
• Apply exploratory data analysis and validation techniques to improve training pipelines
• Ensure data privacy and governance standards suitable for financial services
• Contribute to DevOps and MLOps pipelines
• Implement robust version control, testing and CI/CD workflows
• Support reliable deployment and monitoring of models in production environments
• Mentor engineers and contribute to the technical growth of the team
• Collaborate with product, engineering and data teams to deliver AI solutions

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience:

• Significant experience building, training and deploying machine learning models
• Strong Python skills with experience using NumPy, Pandas, SciPy and modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Experience working with large-scale unstructured data
• Experience building and deploying production-ready NLP systems
• Familiarity with API integrations and data acquisition pipelines
• Experience implementing software engineering best practices including Git and agile development
• Experience working with cloud environments, preferably AWS

Nice to Have:

• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
• Experience with frameworks such as vLLM or NeMo
• Knowledge of financial services NLP applications
• Experience designing evaluation methodologies for LLM outputs
• Experience building intelligent agents or multi-agent systems

Skills and Mindset:

• Strong analytical problem-solving skills
• Ability to design scalable, production-ready AI systems
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Passion for AI innovation and continuous learning
• Leadership and mentoring capability

Qualifications:

• MSc or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or Data Science

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our talent team will review your application and conduct an initial screening. If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all applications must go through our recruitment process to be considered.

Our team is here to support you throughout the interview process and help you put your best foot forward with our client.

Benefits

Our client offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Remote-first working across the UK
• Work abroad policy
• Co-working spaces available
• 34 days holiday (including flexible bank holidays) plus birthday off
• Company-wide off-sites
• Optional Personal Development Plan
• Flexible benefits platform
• Protection essentials including Life Insurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness cover
• Pension with up to 5% matched employer contribution
• Private health and dental care
• Potential share options
• Enhanced family leave

Equal Opportunity

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