Lead Machine Learning Engineer

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it's so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen. As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don't plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as a Lead Machine Learning Engineer, and find your superpower.

National Grid is hiring a Lead Machine Learning Engineer for our IT & Digital department. This is a hybrid role based in London.

As a Lead Machine Learning Engineer on the National Grid Data Science team, you will develop data pipelines, take data science prototype models to production, fix production bugs, monitor operations, and provision the necessary infrastructure in Azure.

• Develop platform tooling (e.g., internal conda library, CLI tool for project setup, and provisioning infrastructure) for the Data Science team.
• Work with data scientists to understand their data needs and put together data pipelines to ingest data.
• Work with data scientists to take data science model prototypes to production.
• Mentor and train junior team members.
• Work with internal IT teams (security, Cloud, Global Active Directory, Architecture, Networking, etc.) to advance the team's projects.
• Design, provision, and maintain the cloud infrastructure needed to support Data Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning Engineers, and Machine Learning Operations.
• Write high-quality code that has high test coverage.

• At least 7 years of hands-on industry experience in some combination of Software Engineering, ML Engineering, Data Science, DevOps, and Cloud Infrastructure work.
• Expertise in Python which includes experience in libraries such as Pandas, scikit-learn. High proficiency in SQL.
• Knowledge of best practices in software engineering is necessary.
• At least 5 years of hands-on industry experience in some combination of the following technologies: Python ecosystem, Azure (VMs, Web Apps, Managed Databases), GitHub Actions, Terraform, Packer, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux/Windows VM administration, Shell scripting (primary Bash but PowerShell as well).
• A solid understanding of modern security and networking principles and standards.
• A foundational knowledge of Data Science is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Data Science, and/or related quantitative degree is preferred from an accredited institution.

A salary between £80,000 - £95,000 - dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.