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Now, as we shape the future of home improvement, we're building the tech to transform that landscape for everyone - better products, smarter data, AI where it actually helps - so trades can spend less time on admin and consumers can find someone they trust, first time. That's Powering Great Work, and it's why every team here exists:\nTrades spend less time on admin and more on winning work and growing their business\nHomeowners get a trusted trade, first time, every time\nWe get to build products that change homes and lives across the country\nAs our next MLOps Engineer, you'll own how machine learning and AI run in production at Checkatrade. You'll turn our Data Scientists' models into live, reliable services, and build the secure foundations that let AI tools and agents use our data. 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