Machine Learning Engineer, OVO
AI Platform
£50-72k
+ 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
More information about location
1+ day a week in office
Powering human progress with clean affordable energy for everyone
Be an early applicant
Powering human progress with clean affordable energy for everyone
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£50-72k
+ 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
More information about location
1+ day a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To lower carbon emissions to zero by 2035, helping our customers reduce theirs at the same time - we call this Plan Zero.
Role
Who you are
- This is a great opportunity for someone who is motivated to drive ML advancements, and best practices across a business with wide-ranging impact, and loves working in collaborative, and supportive environments
- Excellent production-level programming skills in Python, including experience with software testing (unit, integration, system), and knowledge of test-driven development; other languages are a plus
- Proficiency in at least one ML framework, such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, Tensorflow, or PyTorch
- Proficiency with Cloud platform(s), such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, or Azure
- Experience in designing, and deploying ML pipelines in production environments; knowledge of Kubeflow Pipelines is a plus
- Good understanding of ML principles, monitoring, security, and data preprocessing techniques
- Familiarity with software engineering practices, such as design patterns, CI/CD, version control, containerisation, infrastructure as code/Terraform; knowledge of Kubernetes is a plus
- Strong communication traits, able to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical team members
- Problem-solving demeanor, with the ability to excel in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
- Open-mindedness, cultural sensitivity, and a commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace
What the job involves
- Our team’s vision is to pioneer a sophisticated AI platform, centralising the operation of all OVOs ML models. Our goal is to empower our company with superior AI solutions
- Whether we are solving climate change or another sophisticated challenge, we aim to make a difference. Be part of this progressive journey with us
- Reporting to: AI Platform Tech Lead
- As a Machine Learning Engineer, you will work closely with fellow machine learning engineers to design, build, and deploy machine learning solutions that drive business value
- To do this, you will develop new features, and functionalities on the OVO AI Platform, which is used by engineers, and data scientists as a foundation to deliver their AI models, and use cases
- Help architect, design, and deploy new features, and functionality on the OVO AI Platform to enable users to deliver high-quality machine learning, and artificial intelligence models at scale
- Team up with multi-functional teams, including product managers, software developers, and business analysts, to align machine learning initiatives with business goals
- Stay up-to-date with the latest ML trends, tools, and technologies to ensure the team’s technical approach is innovative
- Foster an inclusive team environment where everyone feels valued and excited to contribute
- Communicate optimally with collaborators to explain concepts and drive informed decision making
- Within your first 3 months month you’ll:
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of our AI platform and associated MLOps principles
- Begin collaborating on various projects, providing insights and advice on ML standard processes and software engineering guidelines
- Contribute to the development and enhancing our systems
- Guide and educate other teams about effective ML practices and MLOps strategies
- Systems: Google Cloud Platform services (Vertex AI), GitHub
Salary benchmarks
Our take
On average, home energy represents 26% of our carbon footprint. Ovo Energy wants to bring this to zero by providing cheaper, greener and simpler energy to customers. It's analysing meter data to deliver easy, personalised actions, turning electric vehicles into power stations with clever chargers, and building energy-efficient heaters. For households, it's offering is organised into four different energy plans, that include interest rewards on energy credit balance.
In 2020, OVO completed the acquisition of SSE Energy Services' retail arm for £500 million, meaning that the challenger brand now has around 4 million customers in the UK.
While helping Ovo members halve their carbon footprints, the company is also working towards becoming a net zero carbon business by 2035. The challenges ahead for the company include encouraging consumer behaviour change, shifting towards subscription models for home energy use.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
Kate Cottrell, Smart Meter Engineer
Our mission
Supporting our customers on the journey to zero carbon by delivering exceptional customer service and promoting energy efficiency.Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Inspiring mission
"The mission to provide Green energy to all customers, and to enable all our customers to start on a journey towards zero carbon living is written in..."
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2023
$273m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Feb 2019
$273m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $588.2m
Company benefits
- On-target bonus up to 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal
- Flex Pay: 9% on top of your salary - 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash
- 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, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more
- For your lifestyle: With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations
- For your home: Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, 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
- 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
Company HQ
Redcliffe, Bristol, UK
Leadership
David Buttress
(CEO)CEO of OVO, the UK’s 3rd largest energy supplier. Joined in May 2024.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OVO
Alessandro Storer (Head of Inclusion & Belonging )
- We run inclusive training and unconscious bias workshops for employees and interviewers
- We provide mental health support, through different networks, having mental health first aiders within the business and running initiatives like our "wellbeing Wednesdays" to promote this.
- We have dedicated Early Years programmes with a focus on underrepresented groups, offering different training opportunities within the business.
- We invest in tools, like Textio, and focused I&D job boards to help us reduce bias in our job postings and recruitment activity.
- Commitment in improving diversity across our Tech Teams and working with companies to improve the tech ecosystem as a whole, specifically have committed to at least 30% Women in Tech at OVO by 2026
- We've signed up to numerous charters, like the Tech Talent Charter, Race at Work Charter and Trans in the City, to show our continuing commitment to improving I&D within OVO and the wider community
- Within OVO we have multiple belonging networks and communities set up, to offer support and forums for everybody
- Read more about our commitments to improving Diversity & Inclusion at OVO in our linked belonging report
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