Paritas Recruitment
Data Scientist
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This role is for a Senior Data Scientist in London (Canary Wharf) with an initial 6-month contract at £700 per day. Key skills include Python, statistics, machine learning, and advanced SQL. Requires experience in trading environments and delivering production-grade solutions.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
700
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🗓️ - Date
December 17, 2025
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
On-site
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📄 - Contract
Inside IR35
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
London Area, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Data Analysis #Deployment #Java #Data Engineering #Data Science #ML (Machine Learning) #Python #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Data Lifecycle #Statistics #Scala
Role description
Job title: Senior Data Scientist (Trading)
Location: London (Canary Wharf) – 3 days onsite per week (non-negotiable)
Rate: £700 per day (Inside IR35)
Length: Initial 6 months (strong likelihood of extension)
Summary
An immediate requirement for multiple Senior Data Scientists to support a large-scale trading environment within a complex, data-driven organisation. The role focuses on building and deploying scalable data science and machine learning solutions that deliver tangible business value. This is a hands-on position suited to experienced practitioners with strong engineering, statistical, and communication skills.
Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and productionise scalable data science and machine learning products
• Collaborate closely with data engineers, software engineers, and business stakeholders
• Apply strong statistical and machine learning foundations to solve real-world trading problems
• Perform in-depth data analysis to generate actionable business insights
• Work across the full data lifecycle, from discovery and prototyping through to deployment and maintenance
• Contribute to GenAI / LLM-based use cases, explaining solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code in complex environments
• Engage in technical discussions and reviews, maintaining a pragmatic and value-focused mindset
Desired Skills
• Strong development experience in Python and/or other object-oriented languages (e.g. Java)
• Excellent grounding in statistics, machine learning, and mathematical concepts
• Proven experience delivering production-grade data science solutions
• Hands-on experience with modern data science tooling, including LLMs / RAG approaches
• Advanced SQL skills
• Experience working in complex, enterprise-scale environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform under technical interviews including live coding, OOP design, and SQL
Contact
Email: Harry@paritasrecruitment.com
Mobile (WhatsApp message):+44 7702 946 250
Job title: Senior Data Scientist (Trading)
Location: London (Canary Wharf) – 3 days onsite per week (non-negotiable)
Rate: £700 per day (Inside IR35)
Length: Initial 6 months (strong likelihood of extension)
Summary
An immediate requirement for multiple Senior Data Scientists to support a large-scale trading environment within a complex, data-driven organisation. The role focuses on building and deploying scalable data science and machine learning solutions that deliver tangible business value. This is a hands-on position suited to experienced practitioners with strong engineering, statistical, and communication skills.
Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and productionise scalable data science and machine learning products
• Collaborate closely with data engineers, software engineers, and business stakeholders
• Apply strong statistical and machine learning foundations to solve real-world trading problems
• Perform in-depth data analysis to generate actionable business insights
• Work across the full data lifecycle, from discovery and prototyping through to deployment and maintenance
• Contribute to GenAI / LLM-based use cases, explaining solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code in complex environments
• Engage in technical discussions and reviews, maintaining a pragmatic and value-focused mindset
Desired Skills
• Strong development experience in Python and/or other object-oriented languages (e.g. Java)
• Excellent grounding in statistics, machine learning, and mathematical concepts
• Proven experience delivering production-grade data science solutions
• Hands-on experience with modern data science tooling, including LLMs / RAG approaches
• Advanced SQL skills
• Experience working in complex, enterprise-scale environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform under technical interviews including live coding, OOP design, and SQL
Contact
Email: Harry@paritasrecruitment.com
Mobile (WhatsApp message):+44 7702 946 250
