Machine Learning Engineer - Technical Lead

Technical Lead - Machine Learning - Content Streaming 

Our leading client in the content streaming space is on a mission to ensure their users have access to their desired content whenever and wherever they want it.

You'd be the most senior Machine Learning Engineer within this highly tech-driven team which serves millions of recommendations per day across a suite of highly successful sites and platforms.

About the Role 

As a Technical Lead, you'll be responsible for using ML techniques to deliver fully personalized experiences to users of our client's platform, leading a team (from a technical as opposed to managerial standpoint) and shaping the future of personalized content delivery within the organisation.

Responsibilities 

• Take full ownership of the technical health and quality of the Recommendations team
• Act as a mentor and set a high standard for code quality, efficient design, and operational monitoring
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to guide the team's priorities and vision
• Support the engineering team in executing a technical ML strategy

The ideal candidate will possess some / all of the following skills / experience 

• Proven experience in developing, shipping, and maintaining large-scale software engineering projects
• Strong background of working on public-facing, non-academic web sites and applications
• Extensive knowledge of Machine Learning tools and techniques
• Proficiency in Python and essential libraries like scikit-learn, pandas, SciPy, and NumPy.
• Prior experience in personalization and relevant techniques
• Strong appreciation for DevOps processes
• Familiarity with statistics and probability theory
• Tech stack expertise: Spark, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS.