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# Lead Machine Learning Engineer

- **Company:** The Hexwired Recruitment Agency
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £200,000 - £300,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Linux on Embedded Systems, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Systems Architecture, Large Language Models, Golang
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://hexwired.com/job/lead-machine-learning-engineer-remote/

## About the Role

* Strong Python programming skills and experience building production-ready software
 * Practical experience working with LLMs and modern machine learning techniques
 * Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals, deep learning and neural network architectures as a Lead Machine Learning Engineer
 * Ability to write clean, maintainable code and troubleshoot complex technical issues
 * Understanding of model reliability, performance optimisation and deployment
 * Experience providing technical leadership to ML engineers as a Lead Machine Learning Engineer, including mentoring and guiding them through technical design
 * Ability to make architecture decisions and design ML system architecture as the Lead Machine Learning Engineer
 * Experience leading code reviews and setting engineering standards across a team
 * Ability to work with research and application engineering teams to improve model performance in production
 * A proactive approach to problem-solving and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

## Description

As Lead Machine Learning Engineer, you will take ownership of machine learning projects from experimentation through to production, building reliable, scalable systems using Python and Large Language Models (LLMs).