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Machine Learning (ML) Developer

Delta Capita
Sheffield
4 weeks ago
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Description

Role Overview:

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Consulting Department in Sheffield as aMachine Learning Developer, where you’ll contribute to innovative, data-driven projects that help clients solve complex business challenges through AI and machine learning solutions. If you’re passionate about AI and eager to apply your skills in a fast-paced, client-focused environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Role Responsibilities:

Building production-ready models to drive content extraction and classification from images and text-based sources.

Working closely with business teams to understand requirements and iteratively design and develop solutions.

Collaborative with product managers, technical teams.

Create, test and iterate new and existing products and features.

Designing and building Python/ML/OCR-based components.

Not only supporting the development of the product, but also the full lifecycle including the deployment, testing and production support of the application.

Requirements

Required Experience:

Strong experience in Document AI/Intelligent document processing using traditional models and Generative AI - particularly in using open-source models for achieving business outcomes.

Experience delivering to production in python, with a focus on machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, generative AI, image processing and OCR all additional positives. 

Experience with some of the following frameworks - TensorFlow, Pytorch, Hugging face, Spacy, OpenCV, Regex or equivalents.

Experience delivering safe code to production, focusing on cybersecurity and resilience of the application and APIs.

Preferred Experience:

Experience using PostgreSQL for data storage and management.

Proficiency with Azure's core services like Azure Virtual Machines and experience with one or all of Azure CLI, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure DevOps

Experience delivering in teams releasing at a high cadence to production.

How We Work:

Delta Capita is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, colour, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require any reasonable adjustments through your interview process, please use the designated space within the application questionnaire.

This is a permanent full-time position located in Sheffield, England. As the selection and interview process is ongoing, please submit your application in English as soon as possible, if your profile is selected, a member of our team will contact you within 4 weeks. For this role a valid working permit for the UK is mandatory.

Expectations regarding hybrid working:As we are a Service Provider and Consulting firm servicing clients, our policy for physically working from the office (which may be the client’s offices or our own offices depending on the client) aligns to what our client’s policies and expectations are and these vary. Most of our client’s now require a minimum of 3 days per week in the office, 2 days from home, and accordingly this is also the minimum expectation that Delta Capita require.

Who We Are:

Delta Capita Group is a global managed services, consulting and solutions provider with a unique combination of experience in Financial Services and technology innovation capability. Our mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain providing technology based mutualized services for financial institutions for non-differentiating services.

Our 3 offerings are:

Managed Services

Consulting & Solutions

Technology

To know more about Delta Capita and our culture click here: Working at DC - Delta Capita.

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