Data Science Engineer: Build AI-Driven Data Pipelines

Harnham; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Cutting-edge AI initiatives

Ownership and visibility

Job summary

Harnham in London is seeking a data-focused professional to help shape AI-powered data foundations. You will join a newly established R&D function, building scalable data assets and owning projects end-to-end to drive real business impact.

Work in a small, collaborative team, collaborate with product and tech stakeholders, and influence technical direction while enjoying significant ownership and hybrid work options.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience spanning both Data Engineering and Data Science.
• Advanced Python, SQL and ideally PySpark.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric and Databricks.
• Strong understanding of machine learning, feature engineering, model validation and statistical analysis.
• Experience building production-grade data pipelines and reusable data products.
• Exposure to NLP, document-heavy datasets, entity resolution or information extraction.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and translate business requirements into analytical solutions.
• Previous experience in a startup, scale-up, or small agile team environment would be highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric and Databricks.
• Design reusable data assets, lakehouse models and analytical products.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis and uncover opportunities for modelling and insight generation.
• Develop and deploy machine learning solutions across structured and semi-structured data.
• Work on NLP, document-processing, entity resolution and information extraction use cases.
• Collaborate closely with technical and business stakeholders to solve complex problems.
• Apply engineering best practices including Git, testing, APIs and CI/CD.

Skills

Python

SQL

PySpark

ML concepts

NLP exposure

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Harnham in London is seeking a data-focused professional to help shape AI-powered data foundations. You will join a newly established R&D function, building scalable data assets and owning projects end-to-end to drive real business impact.

Work in a small, collaborative team, collaborate with product and tech stakeholders, and influence technical direction while enjoying significant ownership and hybrid work options.