Machine Learning Engineer

Harrington Starr
London
3 months ago
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Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

A leading buy-side firm, is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to push the boundaries of how data and models are used in systematic investing. This isn't a research support role — it's about building the ML infrastructure that directly drives trading strategies and PnL.

The Opportunity

  • Work with world-class researchers and portfolio managers where every model you build has real market impact .
  • Take ownership of the full lifecycle: from messy, high-frequency datasets → feature engineering, training and deployment, live inference.
  • Shape the firm's ML ecosystem, choosing the right tools and frameworks to deliver performance at scale.
  • Tackle challenges you won't find outside finance: billions of data points, low-latency requirements, and models that need to work in the wild, not just in notebooks .

What We're Looking For

  • Strong hands-on experience with machine learning engineering at scale .
  • Expertise in Python (plus C++/Java a bonus), and familiarity with ML frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn .
  • Experience building production-grade pipelines (Spark, Ray, Kafka, Dask, Kubernetes, cloud).
  • Ability to handle large, noisy datasets — financial or otherwise — and turn them into production-ready models.
  • Curiosity, pragmatism, and the mindset to solve problems where milliseconds and accuracy both matter.

Why This Firm?

  • Direct impact: your work feeds into live trading strategies, not just experiments.
  • Buy-side edge: fewer layers, faster decisions, more ownership.
  • Top-of-market comp: highly competitive base + performance bonus.
  • Culture of excellence: small, high-performing teams where engineers, quants, and PMs work side by side.

If you're a machine learning engineer who wants to operate at the sharp end of finance, building systems that actually move markets, this is the role.

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