Data Scientist — Scientific AI for Life Sciences

McKinsey & Company, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

McKinsey & Company is seeking a data scientist to join the global scientific AI team in London or Wroclaw. You will build AI/ML models and pipelines, support client discussions, and deploy analytics capabilities with cross-disciplinary teams.

The role emphasizes rigorous statistics, advanced machine-learning methods, and producing production-ready code for scalable data science tooling and knowledge assets.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in a quantitative field, and strong research background.
• 2+ years of experience in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or related research.
• Proven experience applying machine learning techniques to business problems.
• Ability to translate technical methods to non-technical stakeholders.
• Production-grade Python and object-oriented programming experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI/ML models and data pipelines for internal use and client delivery.
• Support client discussions and prototype development in a multidisciplinary team.
• Write optimized production code and codify analytics methodologies for deployment.

Skills

Python programming

Machine learning

Communication of technical methods

Object-oriented programming

Deep learning

Education

Masters or PhD degree

Tools

GitHub

Pandas

NumPy

Matplotlib

scikit-learn

PyTorch/TensorFlow

LangChain

Job description

McKinsey & Company is seeking a data scientist to join the global scientific AI team in London or Wroclaw. You will build AI/ML models and pipelines, support client discussions, and deploy analytics capabilities with cross-disciplinary teams.

The role emphasizes rigorous statistics, advanced machine-learning methods, and producing production-ready code for scalable data science tooling and knowledge assets.