Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Define and own the organisation-wide technical vision for ML engineering, establishing architectural standards and engineering practices that scale across teams and clients
• ▹Oversee the end-to-end delivery of flagship, business-critical ML programmes spanning multiple workstreams, engineering teams, and client organisations
• ▹Drive the strategic adoption of new technologies, platforms, and ways of working, influencing how the engineering craft evolves
• ▹Cultivate senior engineering talent, coach leads and managers, build capability pipelines, and embed a culture of technical rigour and excellence
• ▹Act as the principal technical voice in C-suite and executive client engagements, shaping AI strategy and securing long-term strategic partnerships
• ▹Lead on the most significant sales and pre-sales opportunities, providing architectural authority that differentiates the company's proposition
• ▹Partner with Data Science, Commercial, and Infrastructure leadership to align ML engineering strategy with broader business goals

Requirements

• ▹Recognised ML engineering authority, able to go exceptionally deep across multiple domains and provide definitive technical judgement
• ▹Mastery of Python and a proven track record designing and operationalising production-grade ML systems at scale, across multiple frameworks
• ▹Expertise across multiple major cloud solution providers, having set the architectural direction for complex, full-stack AI platforms
• ▹Deep expertise in containerisation, orchestration, and MLOps at scale, having established standards others follow
• ▹Proven track record of developing senior engineering talent, coaching leads and managers, and shaping high-performance engineering cultures
• ▹A visible external profile through publications, conference contributions, open-source leadership, or industry influence
• ▹Operates naturally at executive level, translating complex ML engineering decisions into commercial outcomes

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Unlimited annual leave
• ▹Private healthcare and dental cover
• ▹Enhanced parental leave
• ▹Family-friendly flexibility and flexible working
• ▹Sanctus coaching
• ▹Hybrid working

About the company

Founded in 2014, Faculty is a human-centric AI company that has worked with over 350 global customers across government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence to transform their performance through responsible, high-impact AI.