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Machine Learning Team Lead

Speechmatics Sourced

Cambridge, United Kingdom Full-time Not specified

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About the role

<p data-renderer-start-pos="1" data-local-id="58837b92-873f-41f1-b36f-f2a2763a8598">We are hiring a Machine Learning Team Lead to lead a team of driven ML engineers working on translating cutting-edge research into ambitious, customer-centric speech solutions.&nbsp;</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="180" data-local-id="906b16a5-6a36-4d28-8294-0ddb2c65e919">As innovators in speech technology, our mission is to Understand Every Voice — a vision that has propelled us to be world leaders of Speech AI. Fuelled by innovation, inclusivity, and a passion for making a global impact through world-leading Speech AI, we're looking for an experienced Machine Learning Team Lead to accelerate our efforts towards exceptional speech solutions.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="545" data-local-id="8e192398-7c86-47b8-86cc-e49d489af3a8">Our Modelling Team builds and trains a broad spectrum of models, including large self-supervised architectures, advancing Speechmatics’ mission to provide the most accurate speech recognition technology worldwide. It also ensures&nbsp;their deployment into production, working with the latest developments in ML, but also with the best practices for software engineering and model serving.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll be doing:</strong></p> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="726917c5-2aea-4fd0-be3f-14de75b13614" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1238" data-local-id="f309fc5e-e76a-49c0-87be-754ce04ebf0a">Lead, mentor, and grow a world-class team of ML engineers through coaching and professional development</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1345" data-local-id="09ada47a-a842-4398-b227-0e0c449625ab">Provide technical oversight and guidance for&nbsp;end-to-end ML development, ensuring solutions are robust and scalable</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1463" data-local-id="09ada47a-a842-4398-b227-0e0c449625ab">Guide the adoption of best practices in software engineering</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1527" data-local-id="2aeb1449-b90f-446b-8ae5-10a5bd485f75">Plan work, allocate resources and collaborate cross-functionally to align initiatives with business objectives and bring solutions to production</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1675" data-local-id="6217837e-913a-46b9-a281-bf86ba41c5d5">Drive the technical work for the ML team to deliver high-quality technical solutions that achieve ambitious strategic goals</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Who we are looking for:</strong></p> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="a2898578-b5e7-4c93-9b50-38948be3a11f" data-indent-level="1"> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1831" data-local-id="ea1ead8f-b6ad-4897-85f0-f98fcdbd9442">Demonstrable experience in guiding and mentoring ML engineers</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1896" data-local-id="8f217aca-49ef-47d2-a55e-e6e1ff89ce49">Adept at prioritizing work by impact, feasibility, and time-to-value, with clear success metrics</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1996" data-local-id="310e01a1-0776-44d8-be23-6fb20230f123">Strong understanding of the modern Machine Learning stack, for example:<br>- Knowledge of contemporary transformer architectures, related concepts (e.g.,&nbsp;<span data-highlighted="true" data-vc="highlighted-text"><span class="_kqswh2mm"><span class="_5pioz8co _189e1dm9 _1il9buyh _19lc184f _d0altlke" data-testid="definition-highlighter">GQA</span></span></span>, <span data-highlighted="true" data-vc="highlighted-text"><span class="_kqswh2mm"><span class="_5pioz8co _189e1dm9 _1il9buyh _19lc184f _d0altlke" data-testid="definition-highlighter">KV</span></span></span>-caching) and best practices<br>- Expertise in distributed training techniques<br>- Familiarity with optimisation strategies for model inference (e.g., dynamic batching, flash attention, speculative decoding)</p> </li> <li> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2360" data-local-id="0c336743-6b6e-4311-9a03-8015cd1f83ae">Proven track record of developing and deploying models at scale</p> </li> <li> <p data-rend

Skills

Machine Learning

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