Senior Data Scientist - Hybrid - London, UK

Vision Municipal Solutions; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join their AI team in London. This role requires strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and various machine learning techniques, with a focus on delivering scalable AI solutions. The position involves leadership, collaboration, and innovative problem-solving to enhance operational efficiencies across the organization. Comprehensive benefits and flexibility in working arrangements are offered, alongside a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

20% discount

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Market-leading pension scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Health insurance

Gym membership

On-site facilities

Remote working options

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and various machine learning techniques.
• Experience in MLOps for cloud environments.
• Background in generative AI and natural language understanding is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Data Scientists in managing AI solutions.
• Gather, clean, and preprocess datasets for machine learning.
• Develop, evaluate, and optimize machine learning models.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning Techniques

MLOps

Natural Language Understanding

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Senior Data Scientist - London, UK

About the Role

Have you got demonstrable proficiency in Python and SQL? Are you experienced in managing the end-to-end Data Science lifecycle, ensuring robust, scalable, and business-aligned AI solutions? This position is part of the AI team within the AI & Automation Centre of Excellence, a key group focused on improving operational efficiencies and creating new customer propositions through the use of AI. The AI & Automation Centre of Excellence is a team of experts essential to delivering cutting-edge AI and automation solutions that support various operations across the organization. The team collaborates with multiple departments to ensure AI initiatives are closely aligned with business goals and operational requirements. In this role, you will report to the AI Manager within the AI & Automation Centre of Excellence and will be responsible for leading a small team of Data Scientists. Alongside a negotiable salary depending on experience, the potential to earn a 5% bonus, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal. We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle leasing, health insurance, product discounts, critical illness insurance, technology vouchers, gym membership, season ticket loans, on-site facilities, or remote working options. At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone’s working needs are different. We promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated. Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We aim for our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with disabilities, and support social mobility. We’re a disability confident employer and will do all we can to assist with your application. Please let us know if you need reasonable adjustments. We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive What you’ll be doing

• Leadership and Coaching
• Innovation and Creativity
• Commercial Acumen
• Collaborative Spirit
• Accountability
• Customer Focus

Who you are

You will need to be well-versed in various machine learning techniques, including supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised learning, as well as neural networks, support vector machines (SVM), tree-based methods, and deep learning algorithms. Knowledge in natural language understanding and generative AI will be essential. The role requires proficiency in MLOps practices, particularly in building and deploying production applications in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or similar platforms. A background in generative AI tools, including experience with prompt engineering, fine-tuning language models, and selecting appropriate models for specific tasks, is highly desired. You will be responsible for gathering, cleaning, and preprocessing large datasets from various sources, creating relevant features, developing, training, evaluating, and optimizing machine learning models, and fine-tuning hyperparameters for optimal performance. If this sounds like you or something you’d be interested in, please get in touch!

Closing date for applications: 29.05.2025

Location: Flexible/Home working – occasional travel for meetups in London or Hove

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