About the role

  • Data & AI Scientist designing solutions using foundation models to address complex business challenges. Collaborating across teams to integrate AI into production environments, focusing on performance and mentorship.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement solutions using foundation models (e.g., GPT, PaLM, Claude, Gemini) for tasks such as summarization, Q&A, classification, and generation.
  • Evaluate model performance, fine-tune pre-trained models, and apply prompt engineering techniques.
  • Build and deploy autonomous agents capable of reasoning, planning, and interacting with APIs or tools to complete tasks.
  • Develop and deploy supervised and unsupervised ML models using scalable pipelines.
  • Integrate ML models into production environments using CI/CD and containerization tools.
  • Build robust, modular Python applications for data processing, model training, and inference.
  • Collaborate with Machine Learning Engineers to ensure seamless integration of AI solutions.
  • Mentor junior data scientists and engineers in AI techniques and best practices.

Requirements

  • Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or a related field or equivalent experience
  • 3 or more years of experience in data science or AI roles, with hands-on experience in foundation models and agent-based systems
  • Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers)
  • Experience with LangChain, AutoGen, or similar agentic frameworks
  • Strong understanding of cloud platforms (GCP preferred)
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills

Benefits

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • X days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Job title

Data and AI Scientist

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£70,929 - £78,810 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

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