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Anson McCade
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
£55,000
- £65,000
London
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£55,000 - 65,000 GBP
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Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - National Security (London, Hybrid)
Salary: Up to £65,000 per year + £7,000 DV clearance bonus (tax-free, subject to eligibility)
Working Model: Hybrid - 3 days on client site once clearance is granted, 1 day in central office, remainder remote
A leading UK national security-focused technology organisation is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join its AI team. You will design, develop, and deploy ML models and LLM/GenAI solutions to solve real-world national security challenges. This is a highly innovative, collaborative, and impactful environment where you will apply cutting-edge machine learning methods to unique datasets.
Key responsibilities:
Lead and contribute to ML projects, including forecasting, classification, anomaly detection, and LLM/GenAI applications.
Design experiments, formulate hypotheses, evaluate results, and iterate rapidly to validate approaches.
Transition experimental models into production-ready solutions, collaborating with engineers on deployment, monitoring, and optimisation.
Build and maintain ML pipelines using AWS services and modern MLOps/LLMOps tooling.
Implement robust versioning, experiment tracking, and reproducibility practices.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team-wide AI knowledge sharing.
Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ideal candidate:
BSc, MSc, or PhD in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Maths, Physics, Computer Science).
4-5 years’ experience in ML/AI engineering or data science roles (senior level).
Hands-on experience with Python ML frameworks (scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost).
Experience with AWS ML services (SageMaker, Lambda, S3) and MLOps/LLMOps tooling (MLflow, Weights & Biases, DVC).
Proven track record transitioning models from experimentation to production with governance and quality controls.
Experience developing LLM/GenAI solutions and familiarity with LLMOps tools.
Strong problem-solving, communication, and project delivery skills.
Eligible for UK DV security clearance; candidates without clearance must be able to undergo the process.
Why this role is unique:
Work on national security projects with niche datasets unavailable elsewhere.
Influence AI adoption from the ground floor for high-profile government clients.
Join a collaborative team of over 4,000 digital, cyber, and intelligence specialists across multiple locations.
Hybrid working flexibility, generous benefits, career development support, and a culture valuing diversity and inclusion.
For further information, feel free to reach me at 02895213213, or simply apply!
Role tech stack
AWS
TensorFlow
Python
PyTorch
MLflow
Anson McCade
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
£55,000 - £65,000
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