Agentic Search & Personalisation Scientist (Contract)

MRJ Recruitment Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

MRJ Recruitment Limited seeks a Data Scientist for an initial 3-month contract in Manchester. You will build ML models for agentic search, recommendations and personalised experiences, delivering production-ready AI features that influence customer discovery journeys.

You will work with Python, SQL and Snowflake to process large datasets, evaluate models and improve relevance and engagement. This role emphasizes explainability and collaboration across DS, product and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with agentic search concepts and reasoning.
• Familiarity with recommender systems and personalisation.
• Understanding of model explainability and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, evaluate and improve ML models across search, personalisation and recommendations.
• Explore agentic AI concepts to enhance discovery experiences.
• Work hands-on with large datasets using Python, SQL and Snowflake.
• Ensure model explainability using SHAP to communicate insights.
• Collaborate with Data, Product and Engineering to shape platform direction.

Skills

Machine learning

Python

SQL

Data science

Snowflake

Recommendation engines

Personalisation

Agentic AI

Experimentation

Tools

Snowflake

Job description

MRJ Recruitment Limited seeks a Data Scientist for an initial 3-month contract in Manchester. You will build ML models for agentic search, recommendations and personalised experiences, delivering production-ready AI features that influence customer discovery journeys.

You will work with Python, SQL and Snowflake to process large datasets, evaluate models and improve relevance and engagement. This role emphasizes explainability and collaboration across DS, product and engineering teams.