Machine Learning Jobs in London

The UK's financial and tech hub, home to a thriving ecosystem of startups, scaleups, and established tech giants. A hotbed for machine learning talent and innovation.

Open roles
210
Salary range
£53k – £255k
Hiring companies
45

London is the epicentre of the UK's tech and financial sectors, making it a prime location for machine learning professionals. The city hosts a diverse range of companies, from cutting-edge startups to global tech giants, all of which are actively hiring machine learning experts. Whether you're working on natural language processing, computer vision, or reinforcement learning, London offers a dynamic environment with ample opportunities for growth and collaboration. Many roles are hybrid or fully remote, but the city's vibrant tech scene and networking events provide a rich on-site experience.

Salary on the board

£53k – £255k

Based on advertised midpoints across the 46 UK listings priced in pounds in the last 12 months. Base salary only.

Salary visibility
23% of listings advertise a salary.
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CureAge Therapeutics logo

CureAge Therapeutics · 1–10 people · Seed

Senior Computational Chemist, LNP Design

  • London
  • Hybrid
  • Senior
  • Permanent · Part time

Lead the computationally guided design of a lipid nanoparticle delivery platform, applying chemical and biophysical principles to optimise LNP composition and formulation. Use AI-enabled chemistry, cheminformatics, predictive models and molecular modelling to prioritise formulation components, working closely with the experimental team and founding team in a small start-up.

Featured 3 weeks ago
Hadean logo

Hadean · 11–50 people · Series A

Engineering Manager - AI Defence Product (dominAI)

  • London
  • Hybrid · 1 day in office
  • Senior · manages people
  • Permanent

Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team building dominAI, an AI-powered defence product, line-managing AI/ML, simulation, infrastructure and web engineers while staying hands-on in TypeScript, React and Node. Own delivery end-to-end, hiring and people development, partnering with Product and technical leads. Hybrid, one day a week in Shoreditch.

TypeScript · React · Node

Featured SC clearance 2 weeks ago

Wayve · 11–50 people · Series A

Principal Software Architect

  • London
  • Hybrid
  • Lead
  • Permanent

Lead the technical architecture for integrating an autonomous driving AI platform with automotive OEM and Tier 1 vehicle systems, spanning sensors, middleware, ECU constraints, timing, diagnostics and safety. Own interface contracts, requirements processes and architecture decisions across customer programs, and represent the company in partner technical discussions.

CAN · FlexRay · Automotive Ethernet +2

Visa sponsorship Yesterday

eFinancialCareers

Machine Learning Performance Engineer- World-Leading Prop Trading Fund

  • London
  • Senior

Optimise machine learning model performance across training and inference in a tech-centric prop trading fund. Work spans CUDA and GPU-level tuning, low-latency real-time inference, high-throughput research inference, plus storage, networking and host-level systems concerns within a growing ML team.

CUDA · PTX · SASS +7

Today
Chancery Court Tax Chambers logo

Chancery Court Tax Chambers · 11–50 people

AI Systems Engineer

  • London
  • On-site
  • Mid-level
  • Permanent

Own the technical side of an in-house AI server for a boutique tax chambers, from configuring GPU hardware and serving LLMs to building RAG pipelines and MCP connectors that link models to solicitors' tools. The role also covers security, monitoring and backups, plus training colleagues and tracking new model releases.

MCP · Docker · Git +2

Today

Wayve · 11–50 people · Series A

Staff Software Engineer, AI Libraries

  • London
  • Hybrid
  • Senior
  • Permanent

Builds modular Python libraries for multimodal data loading, distributed training and inference, checkpointing and observability, supporting thousands of GPUs. Partners with ML teams to turn complex requirements into stable, reusable APIs, leading projects from discovery to adoption while raising engineering standards.

PyTorch · TensorFlow · Azure +1

Visa sponsorship Last month

eFinancialCareers

Lead Data Scientist - Professional Services

  • London
  • Lead · manages people

Lead a team of data scientists while remaining hands-on, driving AI, NLP and Generative AI initiatives across a global legal services firm. You will build LLM, semantic search, RAG and deep learning solutions, plus scalable Python pipelines for structured and unstructured legal data, partnering with engineering, legal and business teams.

PyTorch · TensorFlow · SpaCy

Yesterday

Amazon · Public

Applied Scientist II, Alexa for Shopping

  • London
  • Mid-level
  • Permanent

Develops and optimizes LLM/SLM-powered conversational shopping experiences, including agentic architectures, evaluation pipelines, and post-training of small language models. Works with retrieval augmentation, context engineering, and multimodal data at Amazon scale alongside product and engineering teams.

MCP · Alexa

2 days ago
The scene

Hiring in London

London's tech ecosystem is robust and diverse, with a high concentration of machine learning roles. Companies ranging from fintech startups to global tech giants are actively recruiting, offering a wide array of opportunities for professionals at all levels.

The city's strong network of tech meetups, conferences, and industry events provides a platform for continuous learning and professional growth. Whether you're looking to advance your career or connect with like-minded professionals, London's vibrant tech community is a valuable resource.

FAQs

Common questions

  • London is home to a wide range of companies, including startups, scaleups, and established tech giants. Many financial institutions and research-heavy organisations also hire machine learning experts.

  • Many roles in London offer hybrid or fully remote options, but the city's vibrant tech scene and networking events make on-site work a valuable experience.

  • In-demand skills include expertise in deep learning, natural language processing, and reinforcement learning, as well as proficiency in Python and TensorFlow.

  • For detailed salary information, check the salary section on this page, which is updated with live job listings and market data.

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