Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Speechmatics· Machine Learning
Hybrid (London, England, United Kingdom)Full-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Senior ML Engineer to contribute to cutting-edge R&D in Speechmatics' modelling team, focusing on large self-supervised models and production deployment within Speech AI.
Responsibilities
- Work on complex R&D projects, with a diverse group of engineers, to achieve ambitious goals.
- Stay current with the latest developments in Machine learning.
- Execute high-impact projects to ensure team success.
- Work collaboratively across departments and mentor team members (where appropriate).
Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in collaboratively pursuing ambitious R&D agendas.
- Precise attention to detail, while aligning with company goals and the future direction of ML.
- Understanding of the modern Machine Learning stack, including: contemporary transformer architectures (e.g., GQA, KV-caching), distributed training techniques, optimisation strategies for model inference (e.g., dynamic batching, flash attention, speculative decoding).
- Preferred backgrounds: publications in top-tier conferences, contributions to popular open-source repositories, technical writing skills evidenced by publications or blogs.
Skills
Required:Transformer architecturesDistributed trainingModel inference optimisation
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Regular company lunches and birthday celebrations.
- Private Medical and Dental for you and your family.
- Global working opportunities, generous holiday allowance, and pension/401K matching.
- Working from home allowance for tech/home office equipment.
- Parental leave support including adoption assistance and reproductive health services.
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Speechmatics
Speechmatics offer the most accurate AI speech technology for enterprise - with AI transcription, real-time translation and text-to-speech components. Try our Speech API today!
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