Cornucopia IT Resourcing

Senior Data Scientist Contract

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This role is for a Senior Data Scientist (Contract) in London/Hybrid, focusing on applied AI for commercial insurance. Requires insurance claims experience, strong Python and SQL skills, and hands-on LLM experience. Contract length is temp-to-perm, with a competitive pay rate.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
March 26, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
London Area, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Data Science #ML (Machine Learning) #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Python #AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Role description
Senior Data Scientist (Contract) – Applied AI / GenAI Temp - Perm London / Hybrid (Very flexible) Our client is a well-funded AI startup building cutting-edge LLM-powered systems for commercial insurance — already deployed on real claims, real decisions, and real money. They are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join them. This is a build role, not theory. What You’ll Do • Design and ship LLM / prompt-driven systems for claims analysis • Work with messy, unstructured documents (PDFs, reports, emails) • Build evaluation frameworks (accuracy, hallucination, evidence) • Write Python pipelines and iterate fast in production • Collaborate directly with clients to improve real-world outputs What You Bring • Must have insurance (claims experience) • Must have experience in fast-moving, ambiguous startup environments • Strong Python + SQL and experience shipping ML systems • Hands-on with LLMs / RAG / prompt engineering in production • Builder mindset: test, ship, improve, repeat