Senior Machine Learning Engineer - SC (DV Clearable) - Perm

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - (DV Clearable) - Multiple Headcount Location(s) : Cheltenham or London Type : 4 days on-site, 1 day at home Salary : £75,000 - £95,000 Clearance : SC (Must be eligible and willing to go through DV Clearance) Must be a sole British National We're looking for Senior Machine Learning Engineers to join a supportive, multidisciplinary team developing AI/ML systems to solve critical challenges.

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you'll lead onsite engagements with clients and stakeholders to translate their problems into robust, production-ready machine learning solutions. You'll rapidly explore, prototype, and deploy ML approaches both within and beyond our core capability offerings, taking ownership from initial concept through to live operation.

Working at the forefront of applied AI alongside experts across multiple disciplines, you'll help users defend against Defence and National Security threats, directly contributing to safer, more resilient systems deployed where they matter most.

This is an opportunity to innovate at the forefront of applied machine learning, tackle high-impact real-world problems, grow your technical skills, and shape the way AI/ML solutions are delivered to critical operational environments.

Key day-to-day activities: Lead technical scoping and make key architectural decisions to enable delivery of professional-level ML solutions. Design and build prototypes and robust, production-ready ML solutions. Work collaboratively with colleagues across the team (Product Managers, Machine Learning Scientists, Software Engineers) to solve critical National Security challenges.

Maintain and develop a strong working knowledge of state-of-the-art ML methods, software tools and implementation methods. Write maintainable production code and promote best practices for code quality in a scientific codebase.

Mentor and develop junior Machine Learning Engineers. Provide advice and explain core ML concepts to our customers and partners. Provide training to our customers and partners on Mind Foundry products and solutions. Core kills & Experience: A degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related STEM field (or equivalent practical experience).

Strong engineer with demonstrated proficiency in programming languages such as Python, producing clean, reproducible, well-tested, and well-documented code suitable for long-term ownership and handover. Hands-on experience with production infrastructure, including Docker, Linux, CI/CD, MLOps, cloud platforms, and model serving architectures.

Be able to work with state-of-the-art ML libraries to deliver powerful results quickly. Ex...

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