Senior AI Research Scientist, Production-Focused

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical and dental insurance

Enhanced pension scheme

Performance-based bonuses

Hybrid working in Aberdeen

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd in Aberdeen is seeking a Senior AI Research Scientist to shape our research agenda and deliver models that ship at scale. This role combines hands-on research with collaboration across engineering and product teams.

You will design experiments, lead model development from hypothesis to evaluation, and mentor junior researchers while establishing technical standards for our enterprise AI & Technology function.

Qualifications

• Strong track record in applied ML research with publications or shipped models.
• Deep, practical experience with Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow).
• Comfort operating at senior level: setting direction, not just following a spec.
• Solid grasp of statistics and experimental design.
• Ability to explain complex ideas clearly in writing and speech.
• Experience within enterprise frameworks and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and run research experiments that feed directly into production AI systems, not just internal papers
• Lead model development from early hypothesis through to evaluation, working across large, messy datasets
• Partner with engineering teams to get research findings into shipped features, on schedule
• Reviewing and mentoring junior researchers, setting technical standards for the wider AI & Technology function
• Presenting findings to stakeholders who don't always speak machine learning, and making it land anyway
• Keeping an eye on the wider research landscape so the team isn't reinventing what's already been solved elsewhere

Skills

Applied ML research

Python

PyTorch or TensorFlow

Senior level leadership

Statistics & experimental design

Technical communication

Enterprise frameworks

Job description

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd in Aberdeen is seeking a Senior AI Research Scientist to shape our research agenda and deliver models that ship at scale. This role combines hands-on research with collaboration across engineering and product teams.

You will design experiments, lead model development from hypothesis to evaluation, and mentor junior researchers while establishing technical standards for our enterprise AI & Technology function.