Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision / NLP)

Location:South West UK preferred – Hybrid (occasional travel to Plymouth) or Remote

Salary:£60,000 – £80,000 (DOE)

Benefits:Flexible working, autonomy, influence in a high-trust team

Do you thrive in fast-moving environments, love building intelligent systems from scratch, and want the freedom to shape real products with real impact?

Our client is offering an exciting opportunity for a proactive, hands-on Machine Learning Engineer to join an early-stage tech company solving complex problems using video, vision and language. You’ll have the autonomy to lead your own solutions, help set technical direction and build new features from the ground up all within a collaborative, no-ego team that values action over hierarchy.

This role involves working on intelligent video processing systems that identify mood, motion and objects in video to support targeted advertising. You’ll work across the full ML lifecycle from research to feature development, model fine-tuning and deploying real-world solutions. There’s no red tape, no endless approval chains just real ownership and space to grow.

You’ll be joining a small and ambitious start up with a strong collaborative culture. They offer flexible working hours and a hybrid or remote model.

If you’re curious, self-driven and enjoy applying machine learning in practical, creative ways, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

Key responsibilities include:

• Fine-tuning ML models (Computer Vision and NLP) to solve real-world challenges
• Building and owning ML pipelines to process and extract insights from complex data
• Working closely with product, data and engineering to translate ideas into deployed solutions
• Taking initiative to propose, test and iterate on technical approaches
• Researching and leading your own areas of work with freedom to explore and improve

What We’re Looking For

• Experience applying machine learning in production, not just theory or research
• Proficient in Python and familiar with modern ML libraries (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face)
• Comfortable with Computer Vision and/or NLP workflows
• A builder’s mindset, someone who can take a vague goal and run with it
• Strong communicator, happy working independently but never in a silo

Bonus if you have:

• Masters degree in a relevant subject
• Based in or able to travel to the South West UK occasionally (e.g. Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol)

If you’re excited by solving meaningful problems, want autonomy to drive your own work and value collaboration over perfection we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now to take the next step in your career!