Machine Learning Engineer

We are looking for a technical powerhouse to bridge the gap between complex data science and scalable engineering. You will supercharge our Data Science team by building the automated infrastructure and APIs that deliver our models to millions of members, ensuring our recommendations are not just smart, but production-ready and bulletproof.

About Secret Escapes

Secret Escapes is the world's leading, members-only travel and experiences company. We inspire the world to escape by bringing hand-picked offers at unbeatable prices to millions of members worldwide. We’re backed by some of the smartest investors out there, including Google Ventures.

Operating in 10 countries across Europe, Secret Escapes continues to grow and establish itself as a world-class business, dedicated to giving our members the best range and value in luxury travel deals at low prices.

Secret Escapes operates a hybrid working policy and we are all in the office 3 days a week. This role will be based in our Travelist office in Poland. We offer flexible working with core hours between 10 am to 4 pm, and you have the freedom to schedule the remaining hours to suit your routine.

In keeping with being an inspirational travel brand, we also have a ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy, so you can work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks each year! This benefit is designed both to feed our travel passion and support parents and carers, especially during school holidays.

We’re a diverse and inclusive bunch of individuals from different backgrounds and with varied interests, but the one thing we all have in common is that we’re good people (even if we do say so ourselves!).

We are growing our Product, UX, and Engineering teams significantly. Come and grow with us.

The Role & what you'll do

Your main responsibility is to support a team of data scientists and ML Ops engineers to offer relevant inferences as an internal service. While our Data Scientists focus on experimentation, you focus on the Developer Experience (DevEx)—building the rails that allow them to ship value faster. You will act as the vital link, liaising with key stakeholders in Engineering, Data, and Product teams to ensure our machine learning capabilities are robust, scalable, and integrated seamlessly into the Secret Escapes platform.

Day to day, you will be working on...

• Architecting and maintaining the CI/CD pipelines for our data products using GitHub Actions and Jenkins.

• Building, hosting, and scaling high-performance APIs (using frameworks like FastAPI or Flask) to serve ML models to our website and apps.

• Containerizing machine learning applications using Docker to ensure consistent deployment across our AWS environment.

• Orchestrating complex data workflows and pipelines using Airflow (or similar tools) to ensure data consistency and accuracy.

• Managing our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to ensure reproducible and scalable environments.

• Identifying opportunities to build and improve machine learning models , specifically focusing on the engineering challenges of deploying Tensorflow (or similar) models for recommendation and anomaly detection.

• Keeping yourself updated on new developments in your field of expertise, specifically regarding modern MLOps best practices and API design.

The Team

The team consists exclusively of Good Eggs. We care deeply about our customers, but also about each other. We are a creative bunch who prioritize ruthlessly. We work hard and have fun in equal measure. 

Must haves

• Extremely proficient in Python (development, scripting, and packaging).

• Deep experience building, hosting, and scaling APIs for ML model serving.

• Production experience with Cloud Infrastructure, specifically AWS.

• Proficiency in Containerization (Docker) and Orchestration.

• Solid experience with CI/CD tools, specifically GitHub Actions and Jenkins.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically Terraform.

• Experience working with workflow management tools like Airflow.

• Familiarity with ML frameworks like Tensorflow (or PyTorch/similar).

• Solid experience in the data science field or software engineering with a data focus.

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics or other technical fields.

• Fluency in SQL.

And you are...

• Detail oriented

• Analytical

• Pragmatic

• Able to communicate the results of analyses in a clear and effective manner

• Obsessed with automation and code quality

• A champion of "DevOps culture" within Data Science

• Insatiably curious

We are an equal opportunity employer:

Diversity and inclusion are important to us at Secret Escapes and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We value and actively seek out a richly diverse range of talent and our policies ensure that every job application and employee is treated fairly, with equal opportunity to succeed. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.

We love building diverse teams and welcome applications from talent across the globe. However, for this specific position, we are unable to sponsor work permits in Poland. We strongly encourage you to apply if:

• You already hold the legal right to work in Poland.

• You are eligible to secure your own independent right to work (e.g. through a non employer sponsored visa or residence title)

If you need to explore independent visa routes, we recommend checking the official website of the Polish Office for Foreigners or your local Polish Consulate for the most accurate, up to date information.