Sr. Machine Learning Engineer (Remote, Contract) [HR216] (PK)

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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior ML Engineer with strong experience in Applied AI, Machine Learning and MLOps to build and modernise an AI platform. The role combines Applied AI, MLOps and backend/platform engineering, with a strong focus on productionising, deploying, evaluating and operating ML/AI systems.

You will build new ML capabilities, modernise existing NLP and generative AI systems, and create reliable, observable infrastructure that makes models easier to integrate, evaluate, monitor and deploy.

Responsibilities

Refactor, modernise and productionise existing ML models and Applied AI capabilities, including NLP and generative AI solutions. Build new ML components and re-engineer existing models into standardised, production-ready modular components.

Develop production ML applications and supporting services primarily using Python . Build and maintain reliable ML pipelines covering model integration, evaluation, deployment and operation. Engineer resilient ML workflows with appropriate retry logic, error handling and repeatable execution.

Design and automate model evaluation pipelines using golden datasets and appropriate quality and performance thresholds. Evaluate different types of models using metri