Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Job Description

Fugro is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to deliver differentiation through technology in our products and service delivery. You will lead the development of cloud-hosted geospatial processing for remote-sensing data (imagery and LiDAR), including classification and feature extraction using machine learning.

In this role, you will provide technical and architectural leadership within a small, highly agile team building a cloud processing pipeline that manages geo-data and presents results to users for editing and QA/QC.

What you’ll do

• Provide conceptual input and technical leadership in architecture and design discussions across ML, cloud, and geospatial workflows.

• Translate business needs into technical plans by understanding how Fugro’s products create value for clients and contributing actively to business value discussions.

• Drive end-to-end solution development: evaluate problem definition, requirements, feasibility, approach options, and proposed solutions.

• Design, build, and improve ML/Computer Vision solutions for feature extraction and classification from imagery and LiDAR.

• Assure efficiency and operational readiness of selected product components (reliability, scalability, performance, maintainability).

• Assure successful deployment of product/service/technology, including troubleshooting and resolution of operational issues.

• Document and demonstrate solutions with clear technical documentation and diagrams (flowcharts, layouts, architecture, data flows).

• Collect, analyze, and summarize development and service issues to improve platform quality and team execution.

• Actively drive knowledge exchange by leading design reviews, “known problems/solutions” sessions, and adoption of industry best practices.

• Support and develop less experienced engineers through coaching, mentorship, and opportunities for learning.

What you bring (required)

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Machine Learning, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related engineering field.

• 5+ years of professional experience building and maintaining software systems using relevant technologies.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience delivering machine learning solutions (including deep learning) to production or production-like environments.

• Strong foundations in software engineering and system design (object-oriented design, testing, maintainability, reliability).

• Experience with Python and C#, or at least one additional language used in product development.

• MLOps experience (model packaging, deployment, monitoring, drift/quality checks, reproducible training).

• Ability to lead major aspects of design, development, and maintenance, including advanced troubleshooting of operational systems.

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills; comfortable explaining technical tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Geospatial data experience (raster/vector, coordinate systems, tiling) and/or remote sensing workflows.

• Experience with microservices architecture and container orchestration.

• AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud application development experience.

• Experience with serverless and/or edge computing patterns.

About Fugro Innovation

Fugro’s innovation teams develop solutions for both internal users and Fugro’s clients. With innovation centers in Canada, Brazil, the USA, and other key locations worldwide, you will join a global innovation group with a tradition of building best-of-class applications in the Geo-Data space.

Our engineers work across domains such as spatial data, cloud computing, deep learning, and process automation.

Growth opportunity

At Fugro, we help employees at every career stage identify and apply their strengths to do their best work. We support growth through on-the-job learning as well as formal internal and external development programs.

Why would you join us?

International Geo-data environment - We work for and with the entire world. The Earth is fascinating, as are the people on it. We work hard to create and maintain an inclusive culture. Challenging projects and exciting opportunities - We are ahead of the curve and have the best projects to work on. In addition, exciting opportunities arise around the world every day.  Freedom to grow faster - If you are prepared to take the initiative, ample opportunities locally or worldwide await you at Fugro.

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated**.**