Senior Machine Learning Engineer at OVO Energy

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Team: ML Engineering
Salary banding: £64,000 - £92,000
Experience: Expert
Working pattern: Full-Time
Reporting to: ML Engineering Lead
Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
This role in 3 words: Cross-collaboration. Ownership. Explore.
Top 3 qualities for this role: Adaptability, communication, attention to details

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because…

"Join our team as a Senior ML Engineer and dive into the world of cutting edge technology. We are a group of friendly and creative individuals pushing the boundaries in ML. If you are passionate about making a real-world impact and thriving in a vibrant, innovative environment, this is the place for you."

Where you'll work: 

At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work for everyone. That’s why we created the OVO Way of Flexibility.

All our roles are hub based (Bristol, Glasgow or London), providing a dedicated space for collaboration, connection and teamwork. You’ll also have the flexibility to work from home.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

Our team’s vision is to pioneer an advanced ML platform, centralising the operation of all OVO’s ML models. Our goal is to empower our company and data scientists with superior ML-driven solutions. Whether we are tackling climate change or another complex challenge, we aim to make a difference.  Be part of this transformative journey with us.

This role in a nutshell:

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in our team, your role will be instrumental in developing and maintaining our sophisticated ML platform. You'll work as a team to develop, deploy and maintain innovative solutions that optimise user interactions and personalise services. Your expertise will drive the delivery of innovative AI-powered features, ensuring OVO Energy remains a leader in providing seamless and tailored experiences for our customers. This role is an opportunity to leverage ML for a sustainable future while pushing the boundaries of technology.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Building and enhancing our ML platform to enable the smooth operation of ML models.
• Implement MLOps best practices to improve the development, deployment and monitoring of ML models (including NLP models and GenAI).
• Providing advice and guidance on ML best practices and general software engineering.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand their ML needs and implement solutions.

Within your first 3 months month you’ll:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of our ML platform and associated ML best practices.
• Begin collaborating on various projects, providing insights and advice on ML best practices and software engineering guidelines.
• Contribute to the development and enhancing of our ML platform.
• Mentoring and educating other teams about effective ML practices and MLOps strategies.

Systems: GCP services (BigQuery, Cloud Composer, DataForm, VertexAI, etc), GitHub, DataRobot. 

You’ll be a successful Senior Machine Learning Engineer at OVO if you…

• Experience in developing ML models and building training/validation/test datasets.
• Experience in repeatable cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration management across the MLOps architecture (including CI/CD pipelines) and database systems.
• Fluency in Python and SQL.
• Strong understanding of software testing and continuous integration.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality data and software engineering projects end-to-end, translating into true commercial impact within a business.
• Exposure to ML methodologies and best practices.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills - able to articulate results clearly and concisely to senior stakeholders. Ability to consult with, and sometimes challenge, teams of differing levels of data engineering knowledge.
• Spot opportunities for data and machine learning engineering, and support conversations regarding ‘buy or build your own’ decisions.
• Enthusiastic about working with different teams and in diverse projects. 

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £64,000 and £92,000, depending on your specific skills and experience. 

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..