Lead Machine Learning Scientist — Banking AI & Cloud

NLP PEOPLE; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Chase UK is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Scientist to drive end-to-end, cloud-native ML solutions for our International Consumer Bank. You will design and implement production-grade models, mentor junior colleagues and lead cross-functional teams through the SDLC lifecycle.

Leverage data to solve complex business problems, analyse large datasets, and collaborate with data engineers, software engineers and product teams to translate research into scalable software.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams to deliver production machine learning solutions.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL and familiarity with good software engineering practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong experience developing, testing machine learning solutions using frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch or scikit-learn.
• Solid intuitive grasp of fundamental concepts from probability, statistics, linear algebra and calculus.
• Collaborative, humble and enthusiastic attitude.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of machine learning models to solve complex business problems.
• Develop the technical skills of junior colleagues through mentorship and training.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for leveraging data to drive business solutions.
• Analyse large, heterogeneous datasets to extract actionable insights and inform decision-making.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in machine learning and especially Large Language Models and agentic systems.
• Identify the right state-of-the-art solutions for the bank’s objectives and manage colleagues to implement them as clean, production-ready code.
• Communicate findings and recommendations through clear and concise reports and presentations.

Skills

Team leadership

Python

SQL

Excellent communication

Statistics & ML concepts

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Job description

Chase UK is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Scientist to drive end-to-end, cloud-native ML solutions for our International Consumer Bank. You will design and implement production-grade models, mentor junior colleagues and lead cross-functional teams through the SDLC lifecycle.

Leverage data to solve complex business problems, analyse large datasets, and collaborate with data engineers, software engineers and product teams to translate research into scalable software.