Senior Machine Learning Scientist
Markerstudy
- Manchester
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Adhering to best practice, covering all aspects of machine learning, ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to
- Create robust high-quality code using test-driven development (TDD) techniques and adhering to the SOLID coding standard
- Deploy and maintain machine learning methods in a DevOps / MLOps based machine learning environment
- Tune machine learning methods for optimal performance.
- Deploy and maintain machine learning methods in our machine learning pipelines using robust test-driven development (TDD) coding approaches, using the SOLID software development principles.
- Actively contribute to creating a culture of coding and data excellence
- Mentor and coach, a small, specialized team of junior machine learning specialists and insight analysts
- Experience in tuning and deploying machine learning methods
- Experience with some of the following predictive modelling techniques; Logistic Regression, GBMs, Elastic Net GLMs, GAMs, Decision Trees, Random Forests, Neural Nets, Clustering, Isolation Forest, SVMs, NLP
- Experience in DevOps and Azure ML, or other MLOps and ML Lifecycle technology stacks, such as AWS, Databricks, Google Cloud, etc.
- Experience in creating production grade coding and SOLID programming principles, including test-driven development (TDD) approaches
- Experience in programming languages (e.g. Python, PySpark, R, SAS, SQL)
- Experience in source-control software, e.g., GitHub
- Ability to demonstrate that bias and ethics have been considered throughout the model build and deployment
- Ability to track model performance including degradation and provide a clear and concise view on explainability
- Proficient at communicating results in a concise manner both verbally and written
- A high level of professional/academic excellence, educated to at least a master’s level in a STEM-based or DS / ML / AI / or mathematical discipline
- Collaborative and team player
- Logical thinker with a professional and positive attitude
- Passion to innovate and improve processes