Machine Learning Engineer, Motorway
Valuations
1+ day a week in office
Car marketplace
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Car marketplace
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
1+ day a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build a better car market for everyone, harnessing the power of technology to deliver an amazing experience.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience deploying ML models at scale, with a good understanding of the requirements of state-of-the-art regression and probabilistic models (e.g. XGBoost, GPs, Bayesian Models)
- Strong production proficiency in Python (e.g., pandas, scikit-learn, fastAPI/flask, pydantic, DVC) and SQL
- Strong knowledge of systems design, including serverless and event-driven microservice architecture
- Demonstrable passion for engineering excellence, with strong practices within the context of ML including OOP, abstraction, error handling, and logging
- Ability to troubleshoot and optimise production systems for reliability and scalability
- Strong understanding of ML lifecycle tools like Kubeflow and familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP, Vertex AI, AWS)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions), Docker, and IaC tools (e.g., Terraform)
- Experience building ML evaluation frameworks and writing tests (unit, integration)
- A strong sense of ownership, autonomy, and a highly organised nature
- Proficiency in Typescript/JavaScript and Node.js is a plus
What the job involves
- We're seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to join our Vehicle Valuations Team and contribute to the evolution of our vehicle pricing algorithms and cloud ML platform infrastructure
- This role sits at the intersection of machine learning and software engineering, and we’re looking for talented and enthusiastic people to deliver scalable, robust systems that power millions of accurate vehicle valuations a year, supporting Motorway’s mission to redefine the used car marketplace
- You'll also bring strong backend engineering capabilities to the team, helping to build and maintain production systems, with a focus on systems design and seamless integration
- Your work will have a direct impact on our core offering by ensuring we can serve thousands of customers daily
- Develop and deploy machine learning models: Design, build, and deploy robust, scalable machine learning models (with a focus on regression and probabilistic approaches) to enhance our vehicle pricing service
- This includes managing the entire ML lifecycle, from experimentation and training to deployment, monitoring, and retraining, leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Vertex AI
- Build and maintain production ML systems: Develop and maintain high-performance backend systems and APIs that reliably deliver real-time pricing predictions across multiple platforms
- Ensure these systems are optimised for efficiency, scalability, and stability
- Collaborate effectively: Work closely with a cross-functional team of data scientists, analysts, and engineers to identify and solve challenging pricing problems
- Partner with our central Infrastructure team to align with and contribute to company-wide cloud infrastructure best practices and standards
- Drive innovation: Proactively participate in technical decision-making, shaping the future of our pricing architecture
- Stay current and curious about the application of emerging technologies (including generative AI) and contribute innovative ideas to enhance our ML capabilities
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Like many industries, the second-hand car market has undergone significant transformation, with more and more dealers and car owners looking to buy and sell cars online. Motorway is one of a handful of online car marketplaces that are capitalising on this trend.
Motorway differentiates itself from traditional e-commerce and brick and mortar stores because it’s a marketplace, rather than an inventory. This allows for improved speed and verification. Owners sell their cars 100% online in as little as 24 hours with free car collection, while Motorway also supports car dealerships with a new channel for acquisition of used car stock.
Since being founded in 2017, Motorway has grown rapidly, achieving unicorn status in 2021. It is planning on putting this capital to use expanding both geographically and internally, adding more features to its already well-reviewed product. One such feature is its ULEZ checker, which allows car buyers to assess the environmental compliance of vehicles.
The biggest challenge Motorway faces is competing with other well-funded competitors jumping on this trend, such as Auto1 and Cazoo, as well as established companies like Webuyanycar.com. However, online penetration in the £480 billion British and EU used car market is minimal - suggesting that there is enough market to share amongst Motorway and its competitors.
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Insights
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34% female employees
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"We push boundaries all the time, some people think we're an automotive company, but we're a tech company and think like one. So that includes using..."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2021
$190m
SERIES C
Jun 2021
$59.8m
SERIES B
Total funding: $267m
Company benefits
- Many of our roles include significant stock options, so you can share in Motorway’s growth and future success
- Our friendly team meet up regularly for lunches and after-work drinks, plus we hold larger events at least twice a year
- Many of our roles include flexibility to work from home regularly, or fully remote for some of the year
- Many roles allow you to choose a schedule that works for you around your core hours
- Your health is your wealth! We take our health and well-being seriously with comprehensive BUPA health insurance offered to every team member, regardless of seniority
- You will have a personal learning and development budget to spend on a wide range of books, courses and conferences. We also include subscriptions to services like Headspace and Audible
- Lease a brand new electric car through your gross salary saving up to 40% on the retail cost
- Purchase a bicycle, accessories and safety equipment through your gross salary, so that you can save on the cost of a new bike & accessories
- Juggling parenting and work is challenging. We want to support you as best we can at this important time for you and your family
- Our pension provider is NEST, through whom you have a choice of funds that you can align with your faith, beliefs and attitudes to risk
Company values
- Create new roads - Changing things for the better through innovation
- Take the wheel - Being accountable and facing hard challenges head-on
- Be humble - Leaving egos at the door — we succeed as one
- Pedal to the metal - We move fast and act decisively
- 5-star comes as standard - Experiences that delight, excellence as standard
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Tom Leathes
(CEO)Alex, Tom and Harry are serial founders. Together they founded LoanCube (Exited to AOL), Official Space (Exited to Office Broker) and Top10 (Exited to uSwitch).
Harry Jones
(CPO)Alex, Tom and Harry are serial founders. Together they founded LoanCube (Exited to AOL), Official Space (Exited to Office Broker) and Top10 (Exited to uSwitch).
Alex Buttle
(Co-Founder & VP Growth)Alex, Tom and Harry are serial founders. Together they founded LoanCube (Exited to AOL), Official Space (Exited to Office Broker) and Top10 (Exited to uSwitch).
People progressing
Steve joined Motorway back in October 2018 as a Senior Product Manager, and in his 3+ years at Motorway he has risen through the ranks to Lead PM, Head of Product, and is now a Product Director.
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