Hybrid Lead Data Scientist – Deep Learning Practitioner

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About the role

  • Lead Data Scientist developing proprietary deep learning models to solve critical underwriting challenges. Collaborating with business partners to create advanced servicing products using Large Language Models.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of new deep learning approaches to advance our current underwriting models, which form the heart of our lending business.
  • Apply these to new types of (multi-modal) data in order to stay at the forefront of innovation.
  • Prioritise and own the roadmap for this work. Balancing R&D with in-market results, you will drive ideas from prototypes through to production.
  • Provide consultancy to our tech and product partners, to help design, develop and launch products powered by Large Language Models (LLMs).
  • This collaboration will help provide seamless experiences for our customers and associates.
  • Use a combination of business acumen, coding and statistical skills to navigate large amounts of data and extract actionable solutions.
  • Work cross-functionally on projects that support key business initiatives and drive sustainable growth.

Requirements

  • Strong experience developing and deploying deep learning models, particularly for sequential data (e.g. time series, language) using techniques such as LSTMs or transformers.
  • A proven track record leading model development, including setting the technical direction, project management, stakeholder comms, and mentoring junior members of the team.
  • Experience producing and managing reliable and maintainable code in Python in a team setting, including code reviews and setting software engineering best practices.
  • Hands-on experience with modern Machine/Deep Learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Hugging Face Transformers.
  • Familiarity with both pre-training and fine-tuning of large-scale models.
  • Experience working with structured and unstructured data, such as text, logs, or time series and tokenisation techniques.
  • A strong understanding of probability, statistics, machine learning and familiarity with large data set manipulation.
  • A drive for continued learning through an internal and external focus, and an ability to prototype new techniques to assess value

Benefits

  • Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance – with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
  • Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

Job title

Lead Data Scientist – Deep Learning Practitioner

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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