Data Scientist - GenAI - MLOps

Overview

Job Title: Data Scientist
Location: Manchester Area
Salary/Rate: Up to £430 per day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: 18/09/2025
Job Type: Contract Role

Company Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading financial services clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Data Scientist to join their team for a contract until the end of the year.

Responsibilities

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2. Experiment with, apply, and implement DL/ML models, with a strong emphasis on Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic Frameworks, and other Generative AI techniques to predict user behavior, enhance product features, and improve automation
   
3. Utilize and adapt various GenAI techniques (e.g., prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning existing models) to derive actionable insights, generate content, or create novel user experiences
   
4. Collaborate with product, engineering, and other teams (e.g., Sales, Marketing, Customer Success) to build Agentic system to run campaigns at-scale
   
5. Conduct in-depth analysis of customer data, market trends, and user insights to inform the development and improvement of GenAI-powered solutions
   
6. Partner with product teams to design, administer, and analyze the results of A/B and multivariate tests, particularly for GenAI-driven features
   
7. Leverage data to develop actionable analytical insights & present findings, including the performance and potential of GenAI models, to stakeholders and team members
   

Required Skills/Experience

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2. Hands-on experience in building data science applications and machine learning pipelines, with demonstrable experience in Generative AI projects
   
3. Experience with Python for research and software development purposes, including common GenAI libraries and frameworks
   
4. Experience with or exposure to prompt engineering, and utilizing pre-trained LLMs (e.g., via APIs or open-source models)
   
5. Experience with large datasets, distributed computing, and cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
   
6. Proficiency with relational databases (e.g., SQL)
   
7. Experience in training, evaluating, and deploying machine learning models in production environments, with an interest in MLOps for GenAI
   

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer

Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

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