Web Programming & Machine Learning Engineer (KTP Associate)

SCHOOL / SERVICE School of Science & Technology DEPARTMENT Department of Computer Science LOCATION College Building CONTRACT TYPE Fixed-term JOB CATEGORY Research HOURS Full-time SALARY MIN £42,882 SALARY MAX £49,559 PUBLICATION DATE 16-May-2025 CLOSING DATE 08-Jun-2025 City St George’s, University of London (CSG) is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students. Background CSG and Boost Education Services (Boost) are recruiting for a candidate to develop a digital platform to automate and optimise national and international student recruitment, increasing student success rates at admission, and increasing retention and course fee income for partner Universities. Working at Boost’s offices near Canary Wharf, London, the candidate will have the opportunity to apply their academic and business knowledge to this commercial project. Boost is a London-based student recruitment agency, operating in the UK, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Nigeria. The KTP will support Boost to increase organisational capacity, reduce errors, improve admission success rates, and help develop more efficient marketing strategies Responsibilities The candidate will develop an AI-based Intelligent, Customised Admissions and Recruitment Engagement (iCARE) platform. Specifically, the candidate will collect real-time data (admission requirements, scholarships) from university websites and update datasets; build an advanced Reinforcement Learning model, automating optimal matching of candidates to departments and universities; and integrate front-end applications, optimising dashboards and user experience. Person Specification We are looking for a candidate with B.Sc. in Computer Science or Information Technology, and a Higher Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology, with focus on Natural Language Processing (NLP), information retrieval, or data mining. Knowledge of date engineering, web scraping, data science and analytics, reinforcement learning and NLP is essential, as is experience of planning and conducting complex academic or commercial projects, and real-time model updating. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of software development and integration and experience of working within the international student recruitment sector. Additional Information Closing date for applications: 8th June 2025 at 11:59pm. City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development. City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors. We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. The role is based at Boost’s offices in London. Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George’s, University of London’s premises will be their primary and contractual place of work. The University of business, practice and the professions.