Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer - NLP

Our leading financial services client based in London is seeking a first Data Scientist / NLP ML Engineer hire to join their crossfunctional engineering team to help them build out a number of impactful areas related to ML. Initially the requirement is building out from a POC that they have prototyped around document intelligence, and later to expand the nascent Data Science / ML function to explore uses for LLMs/chatbots, summarisation and others. You can have huge impact and really bring your experience to bear in this role at a forward-thinking organisation with great talent and culture. They pay extremely well and offer great benefits too.

What you'll do:

• Build Intelligent Systems: Develop state-of-the-art NLP models to extract crucial information from structured and unstructured text, and classify documents with precision, saving the firm huge time and effort.
• End to End ML: Implement end-to-end solutions, from data annotation to model deployment, ensuring systems are efficient, scalable, and accurate.
• Collaborate: Work alongside talented Strats, Engineers, Traders, and Operations experts to drive innovation and solve real-world challenges.
• Drive Business Impact: Identify opportunities to leverage AI/ML to streamline processes, improve decision-making, and unlock new growth avenues.

What you'll need:

• 4+ minimum years of hands-on experience in NLP, machine learning, and Python. This role suits someone who has seen DS/ML implemented in various places.
• Proficiency in deep learning / machine learning concepts & frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, transformers, and others.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services, especially SageMaker.
• A drive to explore new techniques and push boundaries.
• The ability to articulate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences and evangelise for data science / machine learning.

Bonus points for:

• Experience with information retrieval, search engine optimization and searchable databases i.e. Elasticsearch
• A knack for embedding generation and similarity search.
• Understanding of financial data and regulations.
• Textract experience a plus

Vertex Search are operating as a recruitment agency on this assignment.