La Fosse | Machine Learning Engineer (Data Engineering Background)

La Fosse

Newcastle upon Tyne

1 year ago

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Paying up to £80,000 + 10% bonus
Remote first policy – Office in Central London if preferred
2 stage interview process

One of La Fosse’s best clients who are an industry leader within the entertainment/ticketing space are currently hiring for a talented Machine Learning Engineer to join the team.

Even though this company are a global brand, you will be joining a small team of 5/6 (amongst a wider data team) and will have a lot of responsibility and play a leading role in rolling out their project plan, in which they have just launched this year across the UK and USA.

This is a pivotal time for the business, and you will help transform the data science/machine learning capabilities as they build a new cloud-based Data Platform. In this role you will predominantly be working as a machine leaning engineer but also helping maintain the existing data engineering pipelines so a background in data engineering is required.

Preferred Technical Experience:

Strong Data Engineering foundations, with experience with Python, SQL, Snowflake, Data Warehousing, PySpark.
Good understanding of traditional machine learning and a passion to develop in this area.
Strong cloud exposure using AWS.
Experience with MLOps would be beneficial.

Interview Process:

Introduction call with hiring manager + low level technical questions (1hr)
Final Interview with hiring manager & Head of Data + technical questions

If you’re interested in finding more about this role and feel you fit some of the requirements, apply through the AD to find out more!

Ben Carter –

Machine Learning Engineer (Data Engineering Background)

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