Machine Learning Engineer - Fully Remote (CET time zone) - 6-Month Contract

Our client, an international IT service provider based in Spain, is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to join them as a contractor, with the option to work fully remote or onsite within the charming region of Valencia. Starting at an initial 6 month contract, multiple extensions are expected and there is great, long-term potential. The candidate will run single stage Teams interviews for shortlisted candidates in early April for onboarding later that month.

Responsibilities

• Work with the team (Technical Lead/Architect/other team members) and customer focal point to understand the business need and design/implement the technical data management solution.
• Design and implement Data Solutions based on given requirements preferably Microsoft Azure cloud stack.
• Design and Implement data pipeline integrating with various data source and file types using ADF, Logic App or any other equivalent services in other public cloud platforms.
• Design and Implement production grade Data ingestion solution into Azure AI search or other search service in real time using Python, Azure Document Intelligence (equivalent text extraction service), Azure Functions, Azure Open AI.
• Responsible for indexing strategies for AI search application, utilising Search service, custom skills, or other relevant services to ensure accurate and efficient retrieval of information.
• Implement and optimise data extraction from different data sources such as PDF’s, JSON and other unstructured data set.

Requirements

• Extensive experience with data engineering tools and techniques preferably Microsoft Azure platform.
• Proven expertise in Azure AI services including Open AI tools with additional experience in AI search indexing techniques and platforms.
• Expertise in prompt engineering
• Proficiency in Python, OOPs concept in Python, asynchronous programming in Python
• Good to have understanding of Python Quart framework/Flask
• Strong understanding of Restful API design principles, including HTTP methods, data formats (JSON, XML) and error handling.
• Microsoft Azure platform Data services expert knowledge Proven experience working with Data Factory, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure AI service, Open AI, Cosmos DB, AI search etc.
• Proven experience building CI/CD pipelines in Azure using, at least, scripting and ARM templates.
• Experience with Service Management tools (ticketing systems)
• Experience with Service Management methodologies (ITIL) and Change Management
• Customer-centric approach to delivery and problem solving.

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now!