About the role
We’re looking for an experienced machine learning engineer to join us as the newest member of the Data Science Infrastructure team. The team is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the critical high-performance services that support our underwriting capabilities across the entire business. In addition we work closely with both the rest of the data science team and credit analysts to create tools to enhance productivity. This role will be key to us delivering as we expand further in both the UK and the US.
Our Tech Stack
Python
Pytorch
FastAPI
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
ArgoCD
What you’ll be doing/impact on objectives
Develop key services that power our underwriting capabilities
Deploy, optimise, update and maintain our underwriting models & services across all our products and regions
Create libraries that enables our data science team to more efficiently create the next generation of models
What we’re looking for
Detailed knowledge of managing services in Kubernetes
Solid experience with Python web application frameworks like FastAPI
Strong engineering principles - design patterns, unit testing, code reviews
A keen desire to both learn from and upskill other team members
Nice to have
Experience deploying models using GPU in production environments
Experience working with physical servers
Interview process
A quick phone call with one of the team
A short coding exercise to complete in your own time
Video Interview for 60-90mins
Discuss the exercise you completed
Technical interview questions
Meet the team you’ll work with daily
2x Onsite interviews for 30mins each
Behavioural/culture interview
Any questions you have about the company, role, etc
Check out our blog
We also have an engineering blog where we have written in more detail about how we work in the engineering team.
About Lendable
Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing: faster, cheaper and friendlier.
We're building one of the world’s leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:
One of the UK’s newest unicorns with a team of just over 400 people
Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK
Profitable since 2017
Backed by top investors including OTPP, Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs
Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot)
So far, we’ve rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers’ hands in minutes instead of days.
We’re growing fast, and there’s a lot more to do: we’re going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions worth of financial products are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes.
Join us if you want to
Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day one
Work in small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo
Build the best technology in-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting
Life at Lendable
The opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies
Best-in-class compensation, including equity
You can work from home every Monday and Friday if you wish - on the other days we all come together IRL to be together, build and exchange ideas
Our in-house chefs prepare fresh, healthy lunches in the office every Tuesday-Thursday
We care for our Lendies’ well-being both physically and mentally, so we offer coverage when it comes to private health insurance
We're an equal opportunity employer and are keen to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London
Check out our Glassdoor Reviews.