Senior Data Scientist in City of Westminster

We are seeking an experienced and adaptable machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) engineering professional to join a nimble and best‑in‑class data team at The Beatport Group.

The role will report to the Director of Intelligence Engineering and will share in the ownership and delivery of cutting‑edge, scalable ML/AI models.

• Initial Workstreams
• Recommendations and personalization
• Search optimization
• Audio modeling

As a Senior ML & AI Engineer, you will be responsible for

• Developing and implementing ML and AI based solutions to enhance and optimize the Beatport customer experience, including semantic search, content recommendation/personalization engines, and audio models for music professionals.
• Acting as a subject matter expert regarding GCP’s latest ML/AI tooling and continuously prototyping and advocating for new tooling.
• Owning the development cycle of our ML and AI pipelines, ensuring low latency, cost effectiveness, robust CI/CD, and continuous iterative testing.
• Collaborating with Platform Engineering and Product to prioritize relevant workstreams across the Beatport Group.
• Working with data scientists, data engineers, and data analysts to refine and develop scalable data architectures to deliver unified and actionable ML/AI intelligence across the data stack.

Requirements

• 4–5 years of direct experience as an ML/AI focused engineer, with 1+ year in a senior capacity preferred.
• Master’s or Ph D degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• Expert proficiency in GCP’s ML/AI tooling, its data ecosystem, and Python with core ML/AI libraries (Py Torch, XGBoost, Tensor Flow).
• Expert proficiency with SQL development, with Google dialects being advantageous.
• Proficiency with an API web framework (Fast API, Django, Flask).
• Robust CI/CD discipline for ML, including Git Hub Actions or Git Lab CI, and infrastructure as code solutions such as Terraform.
• Desired Experience
• Experience in a data science or adjacent environment.
• Familiarity with experimentation and A/B testing frameworks.
• Experience with vector databases or similar technologies for semantic search and retrieval pipelines.
• Experience with dbt.
• Domain knowledge in digital signal processing and/or audio fingerprinting within the music industry.
• General music industry experience or interest in DJ culture.
• Location

Hybrid (London) or remote (UK) – must have right to work in the UK.

Benefits

• Participation in company’s annual bonus pool program
• Professional environment with room for creativity and fun
• VIP access to local music events & livestreams
• Enhanced holiday allowance
• Focus days
• BUPA Health Insurance
• Learning days
• Employer‑matched pension
• + More
• Equal Employment Opportunity

The Beatport Group strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

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