Senior Data Scientist

The Bbc; Salford; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading broadcasting corporation in the UK is seeking a skilled data scientist to develop and deliver machine-learning products. You'll utilize your data science expertise to enhance BBC services, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and apply advanced machine-learning techniques. The role offers a competitive salary ranging from £58,000 to £68,000 depending on your skills and experience.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data science and machine‑learning techniques.
• Good general programming skills, particularly in Python.
• Ability to prioritize and work in a structured manner.
• Ability to communicate to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Use technical skills to deliver value to BBC audiences.
• Blend data science expertise to develop scalable ML products.
• Contribute effectively in a cross‑functional team.
• Solve complex problems using machine‑learning algorithms.

Skills

Data science expertise

Machine learning techniques

Python programming

Cross-functional teamwork

Effective communication

Tools

AWS

Job description

Responsibilities

• You’ll use your technical skills to deliver value to BBC audiences, blending a breadth and depth of data science expertise.
• You’ll have impact within your immediate team and beyond, across the wider BBC, instrumental in developing scalable ML products.
• You’ll bring experience of being an effective contributor in a cross‑functional team, working with others to overcome the challenges of delivering ML in production.
• You’ll be responsible for using your knowledge of different machine‑learning algorithms to solve complex problems effectively.
• You’ll join the wider BBC Data Science community, with internal and external opportunities to get involved and share your knowledge.

Qualifications

• A strong understanding of data science and machine‑learning techniques, including recent advances and their applications for implementation in a production environment.
• Good general programming skills, particularly in Python, including knowledge of code management and deployment.
• The ability to contribute effectively in a cross‑functional team, including the ability to prioritise and work in a structured manner.
• The ability to communicate to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Desired but not required

• A proven track record of delivering value in production.
• Experience developing ML/AI solutions within a cloud computing platform – we use AWS.
• An understanding of NLP techniques.
• An understanding of Generative AI techniques, notably LLMs, including recent advances and their applications for responsible implementation in a production environment.
• Experience with model lifecycle management and MLOps.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply. Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

The BBC has been serving audiences online for decades, across key products such as BBC iPlayer. As we evolve to deliver more personalised content and experiences, Data Science is at the heart of that transformation.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £58,000 – £68,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.