Senior Data Scientist I - AI & IP Insight Architect

RELX International; Farringdon; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Generous holiday allowance

Private medical benefits

Wellbeing programs

Life assurance

Job summary

LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions (LNIP) is seeking a Senior Data Scientist I to help design and validate AI-driven capabilities within Protégé for PatentSight, focusing on NLP, ML, and LLM-based modeling to solve complex IP workflows.

You will help drive experimentation, modeling, and evaluation, partnering closely with engineers to translate validated approaches into scalable, customer-facing solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree in a quantitative or technical field (Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, etc.).
• Strong experience in machine learning, NLP, and LLM-based modeling.
• Strong experience designing and running experiments, including model evaluation and iteration.
• Strong coding skills in Python.
• Experience with generative AI techniques (e.g., prompt engineering, RAG).
• Experience designing and evaluating hybrid search (semantic + lexical) using embeddings and vector databases.
• Experience designing agentic workflows and reasoning strategies, with hands-on experience applying agent frameworks (Google ADK, LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen) in real-world use cases.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools.
• Strong foundation in statistics, modeling, and large-scale text processing.

Responsibilities

• Develop NLP, LLM, and generative AI approaches (e.g., RAG, prompt strategies, patent search).
• Define agentic workflows and reasoning strategies for multi-step IP tasks.
• Develop retrieval strategies, including hybrid search (semantic + lexical), and evaluation metrics.
• Analyse large-scale IP datasets to extract insights and improve model performance.
• Establish best practices for model evaluation, validation, and benchmarking.
• Translate experimental results into clear product recommendations and business impact.
• Collaborate with product, IP experts, and engineers to align solutions with user needs.

Skills

Python

Machine learning

NLP

LLM modeling

Experiment design

Hybrid search

Agentic workflows

Education

Quantitative or technical degree

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

AutoGen

Google ADK

Job description

LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions (LNIP) is seeking a Senior Data Scientist I to help design and validate AI-driven capabilities within Protégé for PatentSight, focusing on NLP, ML, and LLM-based modeling to solve complex IP workflows.

You will help drive experimentation, modeling, and evaluation, partnering closely with engineers to translate validated approaches into scalable, customer-facing solutions.