ML Lead - London, UK

Randstad Technologies Recruitment
London, United Kingdom
Last week
£400 – £500 pd

Salary

£400 – £500 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Lead
Education
Degree
Posted
30 Apr 2026 (Last week)

Role: ML Lead

Type: 12 Months Contract

Location: London, UK

Working Model: Hybrid (2 days per week in office)

Payrate: (Apply online only) GBP/day on Inside IR35 on Umbrella

The Role: We are seeking an ML Lead to manage our team and spearhead the design and deployment of cutting-edge Agentic Systems and LLM applications.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership: Manage the ML team and collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and business stakeholders.

LLM & Agent Development: Build autonomous AI agents, implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, and fine-tune LLMs using PEFT techniques like LoRA.

Data Engineering: Design and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines to process structured and unstructured data.

MLOps & Infrastructure: Automate CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud/container infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes), and oversee secure model deployment and performance monitoring.

Responsible AI: Build trustworthy AI systems with quantifiable metrics for fairness, explainability, and compliance.This is an urgent vacancy with a deadline where the hiring manager is shortlisting for an interview immediately. Please apply with a copy of your CV or send it praveen. sukkala2 @ randstaddigital. Com

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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