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# Senior Data Scientist

- **Company:** Beatport
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** A/B Testing, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Continuous Integration, Dataspaces, Database Development, Django Web Framework, Github, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, Tensorflow, Search Technologies, Software Engineering, Web Application Frameworks, Pytorch, Flask (Web Framework), Fastapi, Gitlab-ci, Information Technology, Low Latency, Xgboost, Terraform
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2858055203-senior-data-scientist

## About the Role

* 4-5 years of direct experience as an ML/AI focused engineer, with 1+ year in a senior capacity preferred.
 * Master's or PhD 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 (PyTorch, XGBoost, TensorFlow).
 * Expert proficiency with SQL development, with Google dialects being advantageous.
 * Proficiency with an API web framework (FastAPI, Django, Flask).
 * Robust CI/CD discipline for ML, including GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, and infrastructure as code solutions such as Terraform., * 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., Hybrid (London) or remote (UK) - must have right to work in the UK.

## Description

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., 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.


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