Lead Data Scientist (GenAI)

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London
10 months ago
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Your newpany

This is a large global bank with an office in Central London.

Your new role

The client is looking for someone who can develop systems to clean results, to build predictive and prescriptive models and implement them in a production environment by partnering with technology and business partners. You will have to addressplex problems involving financial data with specific focus on credit risk management.

What you'll need to succeed

Extensive experience as a data scientist, specialising in ML Modelling, Ranking, Rmendations, or Personalisation systems Extensive experience designing and developing scalable and reliable machine learning systems for training, inference, monitoring, and iteration Strong background of ML/DL/LLM algorithms, model architectures, and training techniques Proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark, PySpark, TensorFlow or other analytical/model-building programming languages


What you'll get in return

An exciting opportunity to join an international organisation working with a major financial services organisation. Furthermore, apetitive day rate for this role will be offered in addition to your own dedicated Hays Consultant to guide you through every step of the application process.

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