Applied AI Scientist

Brit Insurance; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Brit Insurance is seeking an Applied AI Scientist in London to drive practical AI solutions across data, engineering and business teams within a risk-focused company. You will design, evaluate and improve AI models to support our operational simplification strategy, translate results into insights for stakeholders, and help scale best practices across the organisation.

This permanent role offers opportunities to work across diverse teams and contribute to a forward-looking, inclusive culture in

Qualifications

• Apply scientific rigour to design, evaluate and improve AI solutions for our operational simplification strategy.
• Translate AI outputs into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with teams to improve AI practices and scale capabilities across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Apply scientific rigour to design, evaluate and improve AI solutions that support our operational simplification strategy.
• Translate complex AI outputs into clear, accessible insights for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with colleagues to continuously improve how we work and scale AI practices across the organisation.

Job description

Vacancy Name: Applied AI Scientist

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London

Role Details: We’re looking for an Applied AI Scientist

About Brit

At Brit, we believe that the uncertainty of the future should never stand in the way of progress. That’s why we exist. To help people and businesses face the future and thrive. We are change‑makers enabled by a global workforce who collaborate to deliver a risk service. A team empowered to help our customers not only to survive the risks they face, but to stay on the front foot and keep moving forward. We believe the uncertainty of tomorrow isn’t something to fear but to seize; that it’s full of potential. Not only for our customers but our employees too.

We might write the future of risk for our brokers and clients, but we would love to help you write your future at Brit: a future based on not just progressing but on thriving – both professionally and emotionally. If you’re looking for a place to make a real difference read on.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll apply scientific rigour to the design, evaluation and improvement of AI solutions that support our operational simplification strategy. Working across data, engineering and business teams, you’ll help shape and deliver proof of concepts using a blend of classical data science and modern generative and agentic AI methods, ensuring that solutions are grounded in evidence and aligned to real business needs.

You’ll translate complex AI outputs into clear, accessible insights for stakeholders, helping turn technical findings into practical value across the business. You’ll play a key role in defining what good looks like for AI use cases, building evaluation frameworks, setting quality standards and improving confidence in how AI performs in real world scenarios.

You’ll also contribute to the evolution of our AI capability by analysing model behaviour, identifying performance boundaries and supporting the development of best practices that can be scaled across the organisation. Alongside this, you’ll collaborate closely with colleagues to continuously improve how we work, contributing to an agile, innovative environment where experimentation and learning are encouraged.

We welcome everyone wholeheartedly

We’ve got a truly diverse, genuinely inclusive work environment. We comfortably and confidently bring our whole selves to work, because we know we’ll be respected, valued and accepted whoever we are. Our Employee Resource groups are safe spaces for people to share their experiences, aspirations and suggestions about how we do things.

Accessibility

We are located in the Leadenhall Building on Leadenhall Street (EC3V 4AB) and are situated on floors 17, 18, and 39. All of our floors are accessible by lift, and there are building staff on hand to point you in the right direction.

The closest train / underground / DLR links are: Liverpool Street Station (7 mins), Bank Station (6 mins), Fenchurch Street Station (6 mins), Aldgate Station (7 mins).

The nearest bus stop is St Mary Axe (Stop LR or Z), which is located just outside the building.

If you have any other questions regarding accessibility, please ask.