Senior MLOps Engineer in City of Westminster

We are seeking a passionate Senior MLOps Engineer to join our team and work alongside data scientists to deliver Data Science solutions. This role will help discover and implement state‑of‑the‑art solutions for our ML projects to enable rapid experimentation, increase accuracy of our models and ensure high quality of our products. This role will be part of a collaborative team that is integral to establishing the environments and processes to quickly build and deploy ML solutions into production. You will play a key role in driving our ambition to create a best‑in‑class MLOps engineering team, environment, and culture. We are looking for people to join our community of engineers to drive this transformation, build a modern data platform using exciting technologies and do the best work of their careers.

Who you are:

• Experienced in building and deploying machine learning solutions at scale.
• Proficient in Python, Spark, and cloud technologies, preferably Azure.
• Experienced building CI/CD pipelines for ML workflows.
• Strong problem‑solver who can work effectively across cross‑functional teams.
• Passionate about improving engineering practices.

What you will do:

• Design and implement robust ML pipelines and infrastructure.
• Work closely with Data Scientists to productionise ML models using engineering principles and reusable frameworks.
• Embed automation, testing, and monitoring into ML workflows to ensure reliability.
• Act as a quality gatekeeper for production deployments, ensuring best practices and coding standards are met.
• Lead initiatives to improve MLOps maturity within M&S.

What’s in it for you:

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever‑evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Benefits:

• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third‑party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry‑leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

Everyone's welcome:

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen. We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together. If you feel you’d benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.