Lead Data Scientist - AI Discovery & Ranking, Equity

Zazu Digital Talent; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Bonus

Meaningful early-stage equity

Job summary

A fast-growing AI company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to architect and own the modelling engine that powers their innovative platform. In this hands-on role, you will design systems that identify key signals, optimize latency and costs, and shape the database architecture. If you have experience in search and ranking systems at scale and want to have a real impact on product direction, we invite you to apply and help shape the next era of product discovery.

Qualifications

• Experience in search, ranking, retrieval, or recommendation systems at scale.
• Hands-on experience in building practical production models.
• Strong technical ownership abilities in AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and own the modelling engine for the platform.
• Design and build systems that identify important signals.
• Shape the long-term ML strategy and platform design.

Skills

Search systems

Ranking algorithms

Retrieval systems

Recommendation systems

Machine learning strategy

Cost optimization

Latency optimization

Entity understanding

Job description

A fast-growing AI company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to architect and own the modelling engine that powers their innovative platform. In this hands-on role, you will design systems that identify key signals, optimize latency and costs, and shape the database architecture. If you have experience in search and ranking systems at scale and want to have a real impact on product direction, we invite you to apply and help shape the next era of product discovery.