Data Scientist

We’re looking for an experienced Data Scientist to join a major UK banking client, developing machine learning, NLP and Generative AI solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.

This is a hands-on opportunity combining model development, experimentation and responsible AI, with scope to mentor junior colleagues.

What you’ll be doing:

• Translate business challenges into clearly defined data science problems and success metrics.
• Build and evaluate classical ML and NLP models, covering feature engineering, training, validation and optimisation.
• Use BigQuery and BigQuery ML to develop scalable modelling workflows.
• Prototype GenAI solutions using LLMs, embeddings, prompting and RAG.
• Produce model cards and governance documentation, working with engineering teams to operationalise solutions.

What we’re looking for:

• 10+ years across Data Science, ML Engineering or related applied AI roles.
• Strong Python, SQL and practical BigQuery ML experience.
• Hands‑on classical ML, NLP and LLM experience.
• Strong experiment design, statistical evaluation and model explainability skills.
• Confident stakeholder communication and experience supporting model governance.

GCP, Vertex AI, agentic AI and financial services experience would be advantageous.

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