Junior Data Scientist: Policy AI Prototyping & Impact

ICF International; Madrid; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF International is seeking a data science professional to deliver data science and AI solutions across client projects in the UK and EU. You will work with subject matter experts to frame questions, analyse evidence and present findings, while contributing to proposals and developing prototypes into reliable solutions.

You will bring hands‑on Python experience, solid statistics and ML knowledge, and familiarity with large language models.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Python for analysis and modelling with data libraries.
• Sound grounding in statistics and machine learning including regression, forecasting and validation.
• Familiarity with large language models in analysis or prototyping and evaluating outputs.

Responsibilities

• Define problems with stakeholders and determine success metrics and data needs.
• Develop and evaluate models or prototypes using statistical methods and ML techniques.
• Present findings to technical and nontechnical audiences and handle feedback.
• Collaborate across disciplines to document work and ensure reproducibility of results.
• Contribute to proposals with technical estimates and manage multiple projects.
• Share methods and reusable approaches with the data science team.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Machine Learning

Language Models

Data Wrangling

Version Control

English

Education

Quantitative degree or equivalent

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

ICF International is seeking a data science professional to deliver data science and AI solutions across client projects in the UK and EU. You will work with subject matter experts to frame questions, analyse evidence and present findings, while contributing to proposals and developing prototypes into reliable solutions.

You will bring hands‑on Python experience, solid statistics and ML knowledge, and familiarity with large language models.