Data Scientist

Hiring: Data Scientist (2 Openings) 📍 Location: London, UK (Hybrid – 3 days onsite/week) 📅 Start Date: 1 September 2026 ⏳ Contract Duration: 6 months 💼 Role: Consultant – Data Scientist 📌 Experience: 3–5 years We are looking for experienced Data Scientists to join our delivery programme and build AI/ML-driven solutions. The successful candidates will work with an existing team to develop models, productionise services, and solve complex business problems using data-driven approaches. 🔍 Key Responsibilities: • Design and develop AI/ML solutions • Build, validate, and deploy production-level machine learning models • Perform data analysis, feature engineering, and model optimisation • Troubleshoot and debug data science solutions • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and solve business challenges • Create supporting documentation and deliver scalable analytical solutions 🛠 Essential Skills & Experience: ✅ Strong Python skills (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn) ✅ SQL for data extraction and analysis ✅ Experience with classification, unsupervised learning, outlier detection, and ranking models ✅ Experience deploying ML solutions using containerised environments (e.g., Podman, SageMaker, DSW pipelines) ✅ Git/version control experience ✅ Time-series analysis and risk trend modelling ✅ Strong Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) skills ⭐ Nice-to-Have Skills: • Ensemble and rank aggregation techniques (e.g., Robust Rank Fusion – RRF) • Model explainability tools (SHAP, LIME) • Model monitoring and drift detection • Experience in RegTech, FinCrime, or Data-led Supervision projects • Record linkage and network analytics experience • Knowledge of graph technologies (Neo4j, Neptune, Cypher, Gremlin) and graph visualisation tools