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Lead Machine Learning Engineer

UK - London💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead technical direction and delivery of large-scale, high-stakes AI/ML platforms in national security and intelligence environments.

Role type

Senior IC Lead Machine Learning Engineer (National Security & AI Safety)

Builds

Production-grade AI-powered platforms, shared model deployment libraries, and CI/CD pipelines for government clients.

Domain

National Security, Intelligence, AI Safety, High-Risk Environments

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Cloud-native ecosystem mastery, Kubernetes orchestration, TensorFlow/PyTorch operationalization, large-scale platform architecture, agentic system design, CI/CD pipeline design, team leadership and coaching

Preferred skills

Experience with frontier AI safety red teaming, defining engineering standards for agentic systems, aligning multi-disciplinary teams with business objectives

Technologies

Kubernetes, TensorFlow, PyTorch

Responsibilities

Designing and maintaining scalable ML systems, driving development of shared model deployment infrastructure, leading model integration via APIs, overseeing complex workstreams in high-risk environments, defining testing frameworks and model versioning, managing and coaching engineering teams, executing recommendations for new AI frameworks

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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