Job Description
Applied Data Scientist (NLP) 9 Months Initial - Outside IR35 - Fully Remote - £350-400pd DOE.
We are partnering with a global tech business who are looking for a talented Data Scientist with strong experience in GenAI / NLP to join them on a contract basis
As an Data Scientist you will be working on NLP applications for risk, fraud, and investigation products. Your job will be to:
* Experiment with different state-of-the-art as well as traditional NLP approaches to find the best solution for the given problem.
* Independently determine appropriate data and modelling choices.
* Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Follow best practices for ML experimentation and MLOps.
Required Qualifications:
* PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience
* Experience in Knowledge Graphs or Large Document Search
* Experience with traditional ML models and feature engineering.
* Strong Experience with fine tuning, modelling and deploying LLMs - experience with RAG, IR, NER etc would also be very beneficial
* Strong programming skills (e.g., Python) and experience with modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain).
* Collaborating with other Researchers, Product, Engineering and Business Stakeholders in an agile manner to demonstrate value and iterate with customer feedback.
Please apply below for immediate consideration!