Lead MLOps Engineer

Lead MLOps Engineer - London - Permanent

London, UK
(If you like the sound of this role and want to relocate - the Client is willing to help facilitate this move!)

This is a high-impact role within a fast-growing AI and robotics organisation focused on building advanced, scalable intelligent systems for real-world industrial applications. The position owns the machine learning infrastructure and MLOps foundations as products, platforms, and teams scale.

You will play a key role in transforming machine learning prototypes into reliable production systems, defining pragmatic engineering standards, and enabling fast, safe delivery of ML-powered capabilities. The role combines hands-on engineering, architectural ownership, and close collaboration with engineering and product teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and scale the organisation's ML infrastructure and MLOps foundations
• Design pragmatic, production-ready system architectures that balance speed, reliability, and cost
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for ML workflows and application delivery
• Productionise ML models including training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and rollback strategies
• Ensure reliability, observability, security, and performance across ML systems
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and environment management using cloud-native tooling
• Partner closely with ML engineers, software engineers, and product teams to deliver ML features end-to-end
• Act as a technical leader through design reviews, mentorship, and by establishing engineering best practices

Required Experience & Skills

• Staff or lead-level experience in MLOps, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, ideally within high-growth or startup environments
• Strong Python skills with hands-on experience using modern ML frameworks (eg, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar)
• Experience working with major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Proven production experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of CI/CD systems (eg, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Helm
• Solid understanding of data engineering fundamentals and ML life cycle management
• Ability to design scalable systems without unnecessary complexity
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in distributed systems
• Ownership mindset with excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

What's Offered

• Competitive salary and equity participation
• Paid vacation in line with local labour regulations
• Opportunities for international collaboration and travel
• Office benefits including meals, snacks, and team events

If you are interested - please apply directly!

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