Senior Data Scientist

Base pay range

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A leading UK digital, cyber and intelligence organisation is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to work on high-impact AI projects within the national security domain.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys applied AI, complex data, and delivering real-world solutions.

• Lead and deliver AI/ML solutions across text, imagery, audio, video and geospatial data
• Work closely with ML engineers, project managers and government customers
• Scope AI use cases, contribute to bids, and present findings to technical and non-technical audiences
• Mentor junior data scientists and help shape AI best practice

• Strong experience in AI, machine learning and statistics
• Experience deploying models and working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly
• AWS services (Sage Maker, ECS, Lambda, S3, Bedrock)
• MLOps / ML engineering experience (Docker, MLflow)
• Experience in government or regulated environments
• Practical experience applying LLMs

• UKIC DV eligible required
• £7,000 tax‑free DV bonus on completion (TBC, paid quarterly)

• London‑based hybrid role
• Up to 3 days per week onsite at customer location once cleared
• 1 day per week team day in the London office (counts as onsite)
• Flexible working and strong work‑life balance
• 25 days’ holiday plus buy/sell options
• Pension, bonus scheme and flexible benefits

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