Machine Learning Engineer NLP Specialist

About the job

Employment Type: Permanent

Private healthcare and well-being programme

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced parental leave policies

Annual performance-based bonus

Budget for personal development and certifications

About the Role:

Our finance client is seeking a talented Machine Learning Engineer NLP Specialist to join their dynamic AI team. You will play a key role in designing and implementing advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) models, enabling smarter systems to improve search, information extraction, and classification. If you enjoy solving complex data challenges in an environment where innovation is encouraged, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement state-of-the-art NLP models for tasks such as entity extraction, text summarisation, and semantic understanding.
• Process and analyse diverse datasets, including structured text, tables, and images, to extract meaningful insights.
• Develop indexing and retrieval systems for high-speed, accurate search functionality.
• Explore and implement advanced techniques, such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), to enhance AI capabilities.
• Conduct experiments to measure and improve the performance of NLP models.
• Build custom language models tailored to specific industry requirements.

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience with NLP frameworks such as Hugging Face, spaCy, or TensorFlow.
• Hands-on experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) and deploying them in production.
• Advanced Python skills, with the ability to develop and optimise machine learning pipelines.
• Experience working with large, unstructured datasets and designing scalable workflows.
• Familiarity with Azure AI, AWS, or Google Cloud for AI deployment.
• Bonus: Knowledge of advanced NLP techniques and RAG.