Machine Learning Researcher Full Time

microTECH Global Ltd

JOB AD:

We are currently working with an Industry Leading Consumer technology brand to find them a Senior Machine Learning Researcher for a 6 Month Contract

The main tasks you are expected to perform include, but are not limited to:

Perform software engineering and development activities including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and code maintenance.

Understand and address software engineering questions that arise in research planning.

Maintain knowledge of current and future software development tools and techniques for machine learning and AI research.

Develop novel methods to improve on-device system performance and accuracy.

Have technical responsibility for one or more significant sections of the assigned research project.

Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed design.

Disseminate research output in top tier conferences and journals.

Skills and Qualifications:

PhD degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related disciplines (an equivalent period of industrial experience may be substituted).

Professional software development experience with C++/ Python is required.

Consistently using conventional and readable coding style.

Performing test-driven development.

Creating comprehensive and well-written documentation.

Developing and maintaining reproducible build systems.

Familiarity with software engineering practices and tools such as Git, CI, Agile, etc.

Knowledge of fundamentals of statistical machine learning, distributed learning and deep learning concepts such as model optimization, compression, personalisation and/or incremental learning is required.

Publications in top ML/AI conferences or journals (e.g. ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, ACL, EMNLP, or similar).

Desirable Skills

Research and development expertise for federated learning and federated analytics.

Expertise in deploying AI on Android.

Contribution to open source ML frameworks such as – PyTorch, TensorFlow, TensorFlow Lite, etc.

Contract Type: 6 month contract

Location: West London

Hybrid Policy: 3 days a week onsite and 2 days working from home if preferred