Xpert: senior java developer (data | machine learning) (it consultant)

Role: Senior Java Developer (Data | Machine Learning) (IT consultant)
Location: Remote (South Africa-based only)
Engagement: Independent Contractor | 3–6 Month Contract (renewable) (must be able to invoice monthly)
Start: Immediate start required. Max 1 week notice considered
Hours: Late start, late finish (to partly overlap with US hours) Role Summary
Inspired Xpert is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer (Java) to develop, deploy, and continuously improve a large-scale recommendation system that drives personalised content discovery. You will focus on production-grade machine learning, ensuring models and serving components are reliable, performant, and measurable, and that they integrate cleanly with upstream data pipelines and downstream application services. The role combines hands‑on engineering (Java, Python, SQL, Tensor Flow) with practical collaboration across product and engineering teams to translate recommendation goals into delivered featu...