Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer - Research Engineering - MSR Cambridge

Requirements

• Master degree in Computer science or related area, or equivalent training and experience in research.
• Experience with modern ML model architectures in PyTorch.
• Proficient in collaborative software development in Python.
• Skills in data analysis and model evaluation.
• Experience of performance tuning in ML systems.
• Experience communicating in English, both written and spoken, including the skill to communicate technical results and justify assumptions to diverse technical audiences.
• Willingness and flexibility to operate in a highly agile and dynamic environment.

Nice to Haves

• Doctorate (PhD) in Computer Science or related area, or equivalent training and experience in research.
• Demonstrated ability to work in large codebases.
• Proficient in lower-level engineering skills (eg C/C++/Rust) or equivalent systems languages.
• Experience of cluster-based distributed data processing techniques.

What You'll Be Doing

• Combine strengths in ML research and software engineering competence to contribute to the design and prioritisation of research activities.
• Build prototypes of ML systems to demonstrate research value, in some cases bringing these prototypes all the way to product-level readiness.
• Evaluate research prototypes, and help write up results to communicate outcomes clearly.
• Collaborate with researchers and product teams, helping smooth technology transfer between them.
• Reinforce a positive environment by applying best practices and high-quality engineering standards.
• Gain deep expertise in one (or more) subareas of research, and general understanding of a broad area. Understand the relevant literature and applicable research techniques.
• Contribute to academic publication of research outcomes.
• Proactively ensure high standard of software security over research prototypes and library supply chains.
• Understand and follow ethics and privacy policies relating to research processes and data handling, as appropriate.

Perks and Benefits

• Research Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across United Kingdom is £74,700.00 - £122,600.00 per year.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
• Equal opportunity employer with a focus on diversity and inclusion.