AI Scientist: Researcher Driving Real-World AI Impact

digiLab; Exeter; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Personal & professional development

BUPA private health care (via salary-s

Company Cashplan

Cycle to work scheme

Referral Program

Regular social events

Job summary

digiLab, a formative AI company, seeks an AI Scientist to advance foundational AI and ML capabilities. You will work under senior scientists, perform experimentation and modelling, and grow technical depth through hands-on research and collaboration.

Based on-site in Exeter, Bristol, or London, you will lead in areas of your expertise, publish findings, and contribute to open-source models while supporting business-relevant scientific questions.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in a STEM field.
• Foundational knowledge of AI, ML, and statistical modelling.
• Programming proficiency in Python with familiarity in ML frameworks and scientific computing tools.
• Understanding of experimental design, model evaluation, and reproducibility in research.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to scientific research through experimentation, analysis, and implementation of modelling or analytical approaches.
• Develop and test innovative AI models, algorithms, and tools to address complex data-driven problems across domains.
• Engage with real-world problems as contexts for scientific inquiry, serving as technical lead for areas within your expertise.
• Collaborate with colleagues to explore new research directions and strengthen shared AI/ML capability.
• Develop high-quality, maintainable research artefacts, including code, experiments, analyses, and documentation.
• Follow best practices in software engineering, testing, and CI to ensure outputs are robust and reusable.
• Publish research outputs in journals, present at conferences, and make models available in open source repositories.
• Contribute to cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality technical solutions.

Skills

Masters/PhD in STEM

AI/ML foundations

Python proficiency

Experiment design

Scientific communication

Education

Masters or PhD in STEM field

Tools

Python

ML frameworks

Scientific computing tools

Job description

digiLab, a formative AI company, seeks an AI Scientist to advance foundational AI and ML capabilities. You will work under senior scientists, perform experimentation and modelling, and grow technical depth through hands-on research and collaboration.

Based on-site in Exeter, Bristol, or London, you will lead in areas of your expertise, publish findings, and contribute to open-source models while supporting business-relevant scientific questions.