About the role:
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will lead high-impact AI projects and shape the technical direction of bespoke solutions. This role requires hands‑on technical excellence combined with crucial team leadership.
What you’ll be doing:
- Mapping the end‑to‑end data science approach and designing the associated software architecture.
- Conceiving the core data science approach and designing the associated robust software architecture for new engagements.
- Mentoring a small number of data scientists and supporting the professional growth of technical team members on projects.
- Partnering with commercial teams to build client relationships and shape project scope for technical feasibility.
- Contributing to Faculty’s thought leadership and reputation through delivering courses, public speaking, or open‑source projects.
- Ensuring best practices are followed throughout the project lifecycle to guarantee high‑quality, impactful delivery.
Who we’re looking for:
- You possess senior experience in a professional data science position or a quantitative academic field.
- You demonstrate strong programming skills, fluently Python, using core libraries (NumPy, Pandas) and a deep‑learning framework (e.g., PyTorch).
- You have deep expertise in core data science paradigms (supervised/unsupervised, NLP, validation), demonstrating proficiency across the standard data science toolkit, including the ability to develop new, innovative algorithms.
- You bring a leadership mindset, focused on growing the technical capabilities of the team and nurturing a collaborative culture.
- You exhibit commercial awareness, with experience in client‑facing work and the ability to translate business problems into a rigorous mathematical framework.
- You are skilled in project planning, assessing technical feasibility, estimating delivery timelines, and leading a team to deliver high‑quality work on a strict schedule.
About the team:
Our Defence team is focused on building and embedding human‑centered AI solutions that give our nation a competitive edge in the defence sector. We collaborate with clients to bring ethical, reliable and cutting‑edge AI to high‑stakes situations and maintain the balance of global powers essential to our liberty. Because of the nature of the work we do with Defence clients, you will need to be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC) and be willing to work between 2 to 4 days per week on‑site with these customers, which may require travel to locations throughout the UK. When not required on client sites, you’ll have the flexibility to work from our London office or remotely from elsewhere within the UK.
Benefits:
- Unlimited Annual Leave Policy
- Private healthcare and dental
- Enhanced parental leave
- Family‑Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working
- Sanctus Coaching
- Hybrid Working
We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions and sexual orientations.
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