Data Scientist

Lorien
City of London
1 month ago
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Data Scientist

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Data Scientist

Data Scientist

Overview

Data Scientist. Hybrid working – Local site with 1-2 days on site. Financial Services.

Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and enhance our GenAI-Powered smartdigital assistant.
  • Leverage expertise in NLP and transformer architectures to create intelligent conversational agents.
  • Dive into traditional NLP techniques and stay ahead of the curve.
  • Apply understanding of fundamental concepts—statistics, linear algebra, calculus, regression, classification, and time series analysis—to extract valuable insights from data.
  • Drive data visualisation efforts — whether it’s Tableau, Power BI, or Cognos — to create compelling visualisations that bring data to life.
  • Contribute to the development of a visualisation layer for analytics, making complex insights accessible and actionable.
Key Skills and ExperienceNLP Mastery
  • Proficiency in LLMs and transformer architecture.
  • Deep understanding of traditional NLP techniques.
  • Solid grasp of data visualisation tools (Tableau, Power BI, Cognos, etc.).
  • Proficiency in Python visualisation libraries (Matplotlib, Seaborn).
  • SQL for data extraction and manipulation.
  • Experience working with large datasets.
Technical Skills
  • Proficiency in cloud computing and Python programming.
  • Familiarity with Python libraries like Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn.
  • Experience with cloud services for model training and deployment.
Machine Learning Fundamentals
  • Statistical concepts for robust data analysis.
  • Linear algebra principles for modelling and optimisation.
  • Calculus for optimising algorithms and models.
  • Predictive modelling techniques for regression and classification.
  • Time series analysis for handling time-dependant data.
  • Deep learning and neural networks.
LLM Operations
  • Expertise in managing and operationalising large language models.
  • Experience in deploying models on cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, SageMaker, Google AI Platform, IBM Watson).

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Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.


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