Contract Machine Learning Engineer – Financial Services (Germany)

Duration: 6 months

Rate: €110–€120 per hour

Location: Remote (Have to be based in Germany)

We are seeking a skilled Machine Learning Engineer to join a leading Financial Services organisation on a 6-month contract. This role offers the opportunity to work on mission-critical ML systems in a regulated, high-volume environment, taking models from development through to production and continuous monitoring.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, deploy, and maintain machine learning models for production use in a Financial Services setting
• Collaborate with Data Science, Engineering, Risk, and Product teams to deliver scalable ML solutions
• Build end-to-end ML pipelines including data ingestion, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
• Ensure models meet performance, reliability, and compliance requirements
• Implement MLOps best practices and support model governance, versioning, and reproducibility
• Monitor deployed models for drift and performance degradation, applying improvements as needed

What We’re Looking For

• Commercial experience as a Machine Learning Engineer, preferably in Financial Services, FinTech, or a regulated industry
• Strong programming skills in Python and hands-on experience with ML libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn
• Proven experience deploying ML models to production environments
• Knowledge of data engineering principles, software engineering best practices, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Understanding of regulatory considerations and the importance of model explainability

Desirable Skills

• Experience with fraud detection, risk modelling, credit scoring, AML, or customer analytics
• Familiarity with MLOps tools (MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow)
• Containerisation and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Exposure to model validation, auditing, and regulatory compliance frameworks

Contract Details

• €110–€120 per hour (freelance / Outside IR35 equivalent)
• Initial 6-month engagement with potential for extension
• Immediate or short-notice start
• Work authorisation required for Germany or EU