Principal Software Engineer MLOps

Archer · Recruitment agency
ContractDevOps€600-800/day (EUR)Galway, Ireland · Remote within Ireland · Hybrid
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Employment type
Contract
Workplace
Hybrid
Day rate
€600-800/day (EUR)
Category
DevOps

Technologies & skills

Primary technologies

Cloud & infrastructure

Other technical skills

What you'll be doing

Join a leading insurance company in Ireland as a Principal Software Engineer specializing in MLOps. This hybrid contract role focuses on developing and deploying Computer Vision and ML solutions, driving operational excellence, and collaborating with a high-performing team. Ideal for candidates with strong software engineering and technical leadership experience.

  • Develop and deploy Computer Vision and ML solutions from experimentation to production.
  • Build scalable AI services and pipelines using Hugging Face, Kubernetes, AWS, GPUs, and FastAPI.
  • Optimise MLOps pipelines for reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Contribute to architecture, technical design, testing, and CI/CD best practices.

Key requirements

Must-have

  • 8+ years of Machine Learning experience
  • Strong software engineering and technical leadership experience
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker and AWS
  • Experience integrating ML solutions with labelling/annotation workflows

Experience: 8+ years

Role signals

Technical focus
DevOps
Leadership
Mentoring
Architecture / system design
Indicated in the listing
Hands-on vs management
Hands-on

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Full job description

  • Long-Term Contract

  • Hybrid

  • Daily Rate Contract: €600 – €800 per day

Work for a leading insurance company in Ireland as a Principal Software Engineer specialising in MLOps. This role provides the opportunity to approach software development through different lenses—including software engineering, machine learning, and cloud engineering—with a strong focus on Computer Vision and MLOps.

The company is investing heavily in its Analytics Tech team and engineering capabilities, adopting modern technologies, developing highly skilled data scientists and ML engineers, and tackling large-scale, business-critical challenges that require innovative solutions. This is a key role that will play a significant part across all areas of the business as this market-leading insurer undertakes a large-scale AI transformation.

Why You’ll Love This Job

  • Lead the transformation of the Analytics Technology engineering team at a market-leading insurance company.

  • Drive operational excellence and stay at the forefront of innovation by leveraging modern technologies and tools.

  • Collaborate and share insights with a high-performing team of data scientists and engineers.

What You’ll Do

  • Develop and deploy Computer Vision and ML solutions from experimentation to production.

  • Build scalable AI services and pipelines using Hugging Face, Kubernetes, AWS, GPUs, and FastAPI.

  • Optimise MLOps pipelines for reliability, scalability, and performance.

  • Contribute to architecture, technical design, testing, and CI/CD best practices.

What You Bring

  • 8+ years of Machine Learning experience

  • Strong software engineering and technical leadership experience.

  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker and AWS.

  • Experience integrating ML solutions with labelling/annotation workflows.

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For additional opportunities, visit the Archer Recruitment website.

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