Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

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Are you ready to make a real impact? At the forefront of national security, Roke is a trusted partner delivering mission-critical solutions that protect the UK and its interests.

Overview

As a Machine Learning Engineer at Roke, your mission is to harness the power of AI to protect and advance national interest. You’ll be part of a team that transforms complex data into actionable intelligence, enabling decision-makers to stay ahead of emerging threats. Your work will directly contribute to safeguarding the UK through innovative, ethical, and secure AI solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models to solve real-world problems in national security.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate AI capabilities into mission-critical systems.
• Conduct research and rapid prototyping to explore new algorithms and techniques.
• Apply MLOps best practices to ensure scalable, maintainable, and secure model pipelines.
• Work with large language models (LLMs) to build intelligent agents, enhance retrieval systems, and improve user interaction.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into technical solutions, balancing innovation with operational needs.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our AI/ML frameworks and tooling.
• Engage with clients and partners to understand challenges and deliver impactful solutions.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for individuals with a blend of analytical thinking, stakeholder engagement, and a passion for national security.

• Strong Python coding skills.
• Hands-on AI/ML expertise: Built and deployed models using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn.
• LLM expertise: Experience with prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, agents, evaluation, and safety, with frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph.
• Research: Reading papers, prototyping, and implementing algorithms (AI or otherwise).
• MLOps: Strong grasp of CI/CD for models, version control, monitoring, retraining pipelines (MLflow, DVC, Weights Biases).
• Cloud: Practical experience deploying AI solutions on AWS.
• Experience with containerisation (Docker) for scaling AI deployments.
• Software engineering fundamentals: version control (Git), CI/CD, testing.
• Passion for staying current with AI/ML research landscape.

Why Roke

• Purpose-Driven Work: Contribute to projects that protect lives and national interests.
• Innovation at the Core: Work with leading-edge technologies in AI, Cyber, and Cloud.
• Career Growth: Be part of a growing business with clear progression paths and investment in your development.
• Culture of Excellence: Join a team of experts who are passionate, collaborative, and mission-focused.
• Flexible Working: Hybrid model with time at state-of-the-art offices, remote work, or client sites.

Where You’ll Work

We have locations in Hursley, Southampton, Whiteley, Bournemouth, Romsey, Chilworth, and Portsmouth. Expect a proportion of your time to be spent on client sites in London.

Clearance

Due to the nature of this role, we require eligibility for DV clearance. You must be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 10 years.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology and Consulting

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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We’re looking for individuals with a blend of analytical thinking, stakeholder engagement, and a passion for national security.

• Strong Python coding skills.
• Hands-on AI/ML expertise: Built and deployed models using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn.
• LLM expertise: Experience with prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, agents, evaluation, and safety, with frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph.
• Research: Reading papers, prototyping, and implementing algorithms (AI or otherwise).
• MLOps: Strong grasp of CI/CD for models, version control, monitoring, retraining pipelines (MLflow, DVC, Weights Biases).
• Cloud: Practical experience deploying AI solutions on AWS.
• Experience with containerisation (Docker) for scaling AI deployments.
• Software engineering fundamentals: version control (Git), CI/CD, testing.
• Passion for staying current with AI/ML research landscape., Due to the nature of this role, we require eligibility for DV clearance. You must be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 10 years.

• Purpose-Driven Work: Contribute to projects that protect lives and national interests.
• Innovation at the Core: Work with leading-edge technologies in AI, Cyber, and Cloud.
• Career Growth: Be part of a growing business with clear progression paths and investment in your development.
• Culture of Excellence: Join a team of experts who are passionate, collaborative, and mission-focused.
• Flexible Working: Hybrid model with time at state-of-the-art offices, remote work, or client sites.

Are you ready to make a real impact? At the forefront of national security, Roke is a trusted partner delivering mission-critical solutions that protect the UK and its interests.