CareerPlan

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

London, England, GBFull-time2026-08-20 → 2026-11-10

Core

Define ML architecture and drive MLOps maturity for a new matching platform powering financial market services.

Role type

Principal Machine Learning Engineer (SageMaker, MLOps, Model Governance)

Builds

Scalable, secure, and explainable ML systems for a matching platform

Domain

Financial markets infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

AWS SageMaker, MLOps, PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost, SHAP, data lakehouse architecture, model governance, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

AWS SageMaker, PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost, SHAP

Responsibilities

Define end-to-end ML architecture including data pipelines and inference runtimes; Lead adoption of MLOps patterns and platform tooling; Architect scalable feature pipelines within Lakehouse environments; Lead design of ranking, scoring, and similarity models; Establish explainability standards using SHAP for regulator-ready reason codes; Architect automated training, deployment, and retraining pipelines; Design low-latency, high-throughput inference services; Define observability standards for drift detection and monitoring.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership