Data Scientist (Gen AI)

At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.

A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading professionals across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. You will get the chance to deliver effective solutions, driving meaningful business change for our clients, using some of the latest technology platforms.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You’ll be encouraged and supported to constantly reinvent yourself, focusing on skills in demand in an ever changing market. You’ll be working with diverse teams, coming up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, who may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

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• Many training opportunities from classroom to e‑learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry recognized certifications
  
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
  
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
  
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
  
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
  
• Internal recognition programs for peer‑to‑peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
  
• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
  
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.
  

As a Data Scientist in Artificial Intelligence, you'll bring your enthusiasm and burgeoning skills to our team, contributing to the development of innovative AI solutions. You'll work alongside experienced professionals, learning and growing as you help tackle cognitive computing challenges.

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• Support the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions using cutting‑edge technologies, with a strong focus on foundation models and large language models
  
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to understand business needs and define cognitive computing strategies
  
• Contribute to exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and model selection for both structured and unstructured data
  
• Gain experience with tools like Github Copilot and Amazon Code Whisperer
  
• Participate in the full AI project lifecycle, from research and prototyping to deployment and ongoing maintenance
  

Join our team and contribute to the development of groundbreaking AI solutions that drive business success. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence and have a knack for solving complex problems, we'd love to hear from you.

Bachelor's Degree

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• Strong Python experience
  
• Experience of working with Generative AI AI frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
  
• Knowledge of cloud services - ideally AWS and/or Azure
  
• Strong communication skills and ability to work as part of a multidisciplanry team
  
• Ideally have experience working in public sector Foundational knowledge of data science principles and AI techniques
  
• Basic understanding of foundation models and large language models
  
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
  
• Ability to work independently and learn from senior team members
  

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• Basic experience with generative AI models
  
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  
• Understanding of modern UI frameworks (Backbone.js, AngularJS, React.js, Ember.js, Bootstrap, JQuery)
  
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (SQL, Postgres, DB2, MongoDB)
  

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 10 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.