Technical Delivery Lead - Machine Learning
At a glance
Senior Machine Learning Engineering role at Beyond Sports. London · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate £125,500–£152,500.
Beyond Sports has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Guide engineering squads through delivery of complex machine-learning systems while contributing to architecture and technical decisions
- Build proof-of-concept work, tackle difficult engineering problems and step into code to clear delivery blockers
- Develop and improve ML pipelines, cloud inference services and real-time geometry workflows
- Help set engineering standards, delivery methods and technical governance across teams
What you bring
- Strong background in software engineering, technical delivery or technical leadership
- You have put ML systems into production, including serving, monitoring and retraining them
- You have trained deep-learning models with PyTorch and experience leading or mentoring engineering squads
- You have used MLflow or similar MLOps tooling, CI/CD workflows and at least one of AWS, Azure or GCP
Who this fits
This suits a senior technical lead who wants to balance squad leadership with substantial hands-on engineering; the role describes active engineering as roughly sixty percent of your time. You’ll work across engineering, product and creative teams. The position is based in London and is hybrid.
From the employer
Join Our Team as a Technical Delivery Lead at Beyond Sports
Are you excited about machine learning, technical leadership, and building the systems powering the future of sports entertainment?
At Beyond Sports, we don’t just visualize sports, we reinvent how fans experience them. Together with partners like NFL, NHL, FIFA, and Disney, we push the boundaries of real-time sports data, 3D graphics, and AI-driven storytelling.
If you’re passionate about leading technical teams, scaling machine learning systems, and staying hands-on with engineering while shaping delivery strategy, this could be your next move.
What Your Day Will Look Like
As a Technical Delivery Lead, you’ll sit at the center of engineering execution, technical strategy, and machine learning innovation.
Your role combines leadership with hands-on development. You’ll guide engineering squads delivering complex AI-driven systems while contributing directly to architecture, Proof of Concepts, and high-complexity technical challenges.
You’ll work closely with Machine Learning Engineers, Tech Leads, Technical Architects, Product teams, and creatives to build intelligent systems that transform live sports data into immersive digital experiences.
One day you might be shaping scalable ML pipelines for motion synthesis and trajectory prediction. The next, you could be prototyping cloud-hosted inference services, reviewing technical approaches, or stepping into the codebase to unblock delivery.
You’ll help teams apply cutting-edge ML techniques, including Transformers, Graph Neural Networks, Diffusion models, and real-time geometry pipelines, while ensuring solutions remain scalable, maintainable, and production-ready.
Because we believe leadership starts with technical credibility, you’ll stay hands-on at your core. Around 60% of your time will involve active engineering work: building POCs, solving difficult technical problems, improving tooling, and supporting critical delivery initiatives.
You’ll also help evolve engineering standards, delivery practices, and technical governance across the business.
What We Value
At Beyond Sports, we move fast, experiment boldly, and trust our people. We believe the best results happen when engineers, artists, ML specialists, and creatives work together to build things that genuinely haven’t existed before.
You’ll fit right in if you:
Love applied machine learning and engineering leadership
Enjoy turning ambitious ideas into scalable production systems
Stay hands-on technically and enjoy solving difficult problems
Think in systems, architecture, and long-term scalability
Communicate complex technical ideas clearly
Care deeply about quality, maintainability, and technical standards
Stay curious about modern ML, cloud, and real-time technologies
Your Background
You don’t need to tick every box, but we’re generally looking for:
Strong experience in software engineering, technical delivery, or technical leadership
Experience deploying ML systems into production, including serving, monitoring, and retraining
Experience leading or mentoring engineering squads
Hands-on experience building and training deep learning models in PyTorch
Familiarity with MLOps tooling such as MLflow and CI/CD workflows
Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience with sequence models (e.g. transformers, RNNs) or generative models (e.g. diffusion, flow, or GANs) — applied to any domain; experience with spatiotemporal, time-series, or motion/trajectory data is a strong plus.
Experience balancing leadership responsibilities with active development
Strong stakeholder communication and delivery planning skills
Nice to Have (But Not Required)
Strong understanding of scalable systems, APIs, and cloud-native architectures
Understanding of real-time data systems or 3D graphics pipelines
Experience with Unity or game engines
Interest in football or other team sports
Why Level Up Your Career at Beyond Sports
Fast-moving, creative, and technically ambitious — that’s our world.
High impact: Your work shapes how millions experience sports globally
Technical ownership: Influence architecture, delivery strategy, and engineering standards
Hands-on innovation: Help build the future of our technology stack
Constant learning: From ML research to real-time 3D systems, there’s always something new
Real collaboration: Engineers, artists, and product teams working side by side
Ready to Build the Future of Sports?
If you’re excited about leading technical delivery while staying deeply involved in machine learning, real-time systems, and scalable engineering — and want to help shape technology that changes how fans experience the game — we’d love to hear from you.
At Beyond Sports, you won’t just deliver technical projects.
You’ll help bring sports to life!