Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Staff Machine Learning Engineer | Remote | Salary £100,000-£200,000 (flexible) | Hexwired Recruitment has partnered with an exciting AI software company developing advanced machine learning products that solve complex, real-world problems. They're looking for a Technical Lead to bridge research and engineering, taking cutting-edge models from experimentation into robust production systems. The Role This is a senior hands-on leadership position where you'll own the execution of the company's machine learning platform, working closely with research, software engineering and product teams to build scalable, production-grade AI solutions. Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle, including data pipelines, model training, evaluation, inference and deployment.
• Fine-tune and optimise large language models using modern techniques such as LoRA, QLoRA, supervised fine-tuning, preference optimisation and model distillation.
• Design scalable inference infrastructure with a focus on latency, reliability and operational efficiency.
• Build and maintain high-quality data pipelines for both synthetic and real-world datasets.
• Develop robust evaluation frameworks covering model quality, robustness, safety and performance.
• Optimise GPU utilisation, memory usage and inference performance for production deployments.
• Work closely with software engineers to integrate ML capabilities into backend services and customer-facing products.
• Lead technical delivery, mentor engineers and help shape engineering best practices.
• Balance research ambitions with practical engineering trade-offs to deliver value quickly. Technology
• Python
• PyTorch and/or JAX
• Large-scale GPU training and inference infrastructure
• Modern ML deployment pipelines Ideal Experience
• Proven experience delivering machine learning systems into production.
• Strong understanding of modern foundation models and large language models.
• Experience building scalable training and inference infrastructure.
• Excellent software engineering skills with a focus on maintainable, production-quality code.
• Comfortable leading technical delivery while remaining hands-on.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across research, engineering and product teams. If you are an experienced Staff Machine Learning Engineer looking for a new remote opportunity paying a market-leading salary up to £200,000. Apply today by contacting Hexwired Recruitment. For more information on this role, or any other jobs across; Embedded, C++ programming, Embedded Linux, Golang Development, FPGA, Python, Javascript, C#, Electronics, Secure Boot, Power Electronics, Digital Design, Machine Learning, Data Science or Simulation contact us today