Senior Machine Learning Developer

I'm looking for a Senior Machine Learning Developer to join a growing team in Donegal. You'll play a key role in driving the development and implementation of cutting-edge machine learning solutions for our client. You'll lead a new team of machine learning engineers collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions. You'll be central to applying the tools of machine learning to problems in this international business and helping the business to grow.

You'll join their growing team in Ireland where they focus on fostering a positive and nurturing work environment. Their clients include some of the biggest brands in Ireland, the EU, and worldwide. They offer the potential to grow your career while being exposed to new technologies and working closely with a range of teams within the business to bring products to life. You'll collaborate with some of the brightest global minds in the industry.

The Job

You'll lead and drive machine learning projects from beginning to end. Collaborate with business leaders, subject matter experts, and decision-makers to develop and optimize new products, features, and models. Build relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams.

Partner with data scientists to understand, implement, and design machine learning models. Collaborate with the infrastructure team to improve the architecture, scalability, and performance of the ML platform.

Extend existing machine learning libraries and frameworks. Construct optimized data pipelines to feed machine learning models. Develop processes, model monitoring, and governance frameworks for successful ML model operationalization. Define objectives for the Machine Learning platform, own the technical roadmap, and be accountable for delivering results.

Define standards for engineering and operational excellence for running best-in-class ML platforms and continue to improve ML platforms to keep up with recent innovations. Design and implement architectural best practices in the delivery of data science use cases.

Skills and Experience Needed

Software engineering experience with a strong working experience as a Machine Learning Engineer. Degree in computer science or a related field. Advanced proficiency with Python, Java, and Scala. Strong experience building solutions using public clouds such as AWS and GCP. Experience using ML platforms like SageMaker, H2O, DataRobot, or similar. Strong computer science fundamentals such as algorithms, data structures, and multithreading.

Strong knowledge of ML model development life cycle components like containers, batch vs real-time inference endpoints. Experience managing relationships in a cross-functional environment with multiple stakeholders. Experience with developing and deploying production-grade applications with ML inferences using automation pipelines on the cloud.

Experience working in Agile/Scrum development processes. Thought leadership and innovative thinking.

Nice to have:

Familiarity with Generative AI concepts (LLaMA, Dall-E, ChatGPT, etc.). Search platform experience (Solr, Elasticsearch, etc.). Experience in building end-to-end recommender systems. Exposure to graph databases and platforms, e.g., Neo4j. Exposure to CI/CD tools like Jenkins. Financial Services, particularly Insurance and 401K domain knowledge. AWS Solutions Architect certification.

They offer competitive salaries, including bonus, pension, health care, life insurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources, company discounts, on-site parking, and more.

Permanent role. 3 days a week on-site in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, the rest remote (if desired).

You must be eligible to work in Ireland/EU.

Please do not hesitate to contact David Coyle at 01 6351748 or email david@methodius.com.