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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Harvey Nash
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Tensorflow, Pytorch, Production Code, Build Tools, Machine Learning Operations
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815161794-software-engineer

## About the Role

* 4+ years of experience as an engineer or developer
 * Strong hands-on experience with Python
 * Practical experience with machine learning systems
 * Experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow
 * Strong ownership mindset and ability to build systems end-to-end

Nice to Have

 * Experience working with audio, vision, or multimodal data
 * Exposure to AR/VR or research environments
 * Experience building tooling for research users

## Description

Title: Software Engineer / Developer (ML Infrastructure) - Contract | Meta | Cambridge (Onsite)

We are hiring a Software Engineer / Developer (ML Infrastructure) to join Meta's Infrastructure team in Cambridge, UK.

This is a unique opportunity to work closely with world-class research teams and build the ML tooling and infrastructure that powers next-generation AI capabilities in consumer devices.

This is a hands-on engineering role, focused on Python, machine learning systems, and distributed infrastructure, with direct impact on cutting-edge research in the audio and multimodal ML space.

Contract Duration: 12 months

What You Will Do

 * Design, build, and maintain ML pipelines and tooling in Python
 * Support research teams with distributed compute and large-scale data workflows
 * Debug and improve complex infrastructure systems
 * Write clean, maintainable, production-grade code
 * Collaborate closely with researchers and infra engineers in a fast-paced environment

Must-Have Skills

 * 4+ years of experience as an engineer or developer
 * Strong hands-on experience with Python
 * Practical experience with machine learning systems
 * Experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow
 * Strong ownership mindset and ability to build systems end-to-end

Nice to Have

 * Experience working with audio, vision, or multimodal data
 * Exposure to AR/VR or research environments
 * Experience building tooling for research users

Why Join Meta?

 * Work closely with world-class researchers on advanced AI systems
 * Build tooling that will unlock the next generation of AI capabilities
 * Access to excellent onsite facilities in Cambridge, including daily free meals
 * High-impact role within Meta's Infrastructure team

If you are interested or would like to learn more, please apply or reach out directly.


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