Machine Learning Engineer

• Machine Learning Engineer
• Cardiff (hybrid)
• Initial 6 Month Contract
• OUTSIDE IR35

Yolk Recruitment are currently hiring for an ML Engineer on an initial 6 month contract with likely extension.

We're working with a growing tech startup based in South Wales that's doing exciting things with data and AI. They're on the hunt for a Machine Learning Engineer to help scale, optimise, and productionise their ML pipelines and infrastructure.

This isn't a research role, it's all about getting models into production, making them scalable, maintainable, and deployable across a cloud-first environment.

(There is no set budget for this role - Candidates will be submitted at desired rates with the expectation to be on site once per month or as project dictates)

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and deploy robust ML pipelines in Python
• Use Azure ML and Azure Web Apps to host and scale models
• Automate workflows with Airflow and manage infrastructure with Terraform
• Containerise models using Docker, deploy via Kubernetes
• Version and automate CI/CD via GitHub/GitHub Actions
• Collaborate with Data Scientists and Engineers to improve model reliability and performance
• Work with both Linux and Windows VMs, managing environments with Anaconda and Artifactory

Tech Stack You'll Work With:

• Python
• Azure (Virtual Machines, ML, Cloud Storage, Web Apps)
• Docker & Kubernetes
• Terraform for infra as code
• Airflow for orchestration
• Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions
• SQL for data wrangling and storage
• Artifactory for package management
• Linux & Windows VMs

Experience Required

• Proven experience as an ML Engineer with production-level deployment experience
• Strong coding skills in Python
• Experience with cloud-native ML workflows (preferably Azure)
• Ability to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of scalable architecture, containerisation, and infra automation
• A passion for clean, modular, efficient systems