Senior Data Scientist – NLP & MLOps

Propel London; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in London is seeking a Senior Data Scientist specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP). In this role, you will enhance core features of AI software and develop data science solutions. Ideal candidates have a strong background in NLP, deep learning, and software engineering, with the flexibility to work in a hybrid model. The company offers competitive pay, a generous holiday package, and a culture of continuous learning.

Benefits

Generous holiday package

Share scheme for employees

£1000 annual training budget

Competitive pension scheme

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of AI techniques including training and fine-tuning deep learning models.
• Experience in NLP both commercially and in research.
• Good awareness of software engineering and coding best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions aligned with the product roadmap.
• Work closely with a product manager to develop new features.
• Develop and improve AI software using MLOps tools.

Skills

NLP experience

Deep learning expertise

Software engineering awareness

Commercial experience

Education

MSc or PhD in Data Science

Tools

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

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Senior Data Scientist – NLP & MLOps, London

Client: Propel London

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 64a60698b24f

Job Views: 17

Posted: 01.08.2025

Expiry Date: 15.09.2025

Job Description:

Job Description

As a Senior Data Scientist within the product team, you will bring your expertise to a full stack technology team working to solve Natural Language Processing (NLP) linguistic challenges. The team is product focussed and is developing the world’s leading AI software to provide effortless access to knowledge from real world data and enable customers to make better decisions.

We are looking for an experienced Data Scientist with a strong hands-on mathematical background and experience in NLP.

You will be developing the best solutions to deliver a roadmap aligned with core product features.

Working closely with a product manager, you will develop new features and work on projects that continually improve the AI software using appropriate MLOps tools to deploy, scale, and monitor models in production.

What you will bring to the team:

• Detailed knowledge of AI techniques, including training, fine-tuning, and applying deep learning models.
• Experience in NLP, both commercial and research, with a passion for continuous learning in this space.
• Experience building Data Science solutions in a commercial environment with the ability to quantify improvements based on analysis.
• Good awareness of software engineering and coding best practices.
• MSc or PhD or equivalent professional experience in a data science role.

Nice to have skills:

• Experience with modern NLP techniques.
• Experience using data science platforms and frameworks for data tagging, model training, and benchmarking.
• Experience deploying solutions to the Cloud.
• Knowledge of technologies such as Python, Seldon, Helm, Pachyderm, AWS or other cloud technologies, Kubernetes, Docker.
• Knowledge graphs, Graph databases, SQL, and Relational databases.
• Ability to thrive in a remote working environment.

Why this opportunity over something else?

• Hybrid working model available; Remote-first organization with 90 people across the UK.
• The ‘anywhere’ scheme allows you to work from anywhere part of the year.
• Generous holiday package with buy/sell options.
• Share scheme for all employees.
• £1000 annual training budget and a culture of knowledge sharing.
• Competitive pension scheme.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will earn a competitive package, benefits, and share options, with the flexibility to work fully remote or hybrid in a UK office.