Principal Data Scientist - NLP

London
10 months ago
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Principal Data Scientist - NLP

A brilliant opportunity for a Data & AI specialist with strong NLP knowledge to work in an established AI Research team for a highly prestigious organisation in London, UK. Offering fantastic career progression and the chance to work on cutting-edge projects to help accelerate Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing innovation for the UK

Location: London – Hybrid working available - 1 day a week minimum in office

Salary: £80,000 - £110,000 + a generous benefits package

Requirements for Principal Data Scientist - NLP:

  • Solid commercial working experience in an AI/ML/NLP role

  • Experience mentoring or leading junior team members

  • Strong knowledge and a focus on Natural Language Processing techniques (Large Language Models (LLM) or modern speech to text systems

  • Strong academic history including a 2.1 or 1st class degree

  • Ideally a Ph.D. in a technical or scientific discipline – Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, or Engineering etc (Beneficial)

  • Very strong Python experience

  • Experience with machine learning frameworks, such as PyTorch or TensorFlow

  • Strong analytical skills

  • Ability to work with autonomy and as part of a team

  • Great communication skills with fluent spoken and written English

    Responsibilities for Principal Data Scientist - NLP:

    Working on a range of exciting UK innovation projects responsibilities will include:

  • Take the lead on projects focused on fine-tuning and aligning large language models.

  • Oversee the design and implementation of scalable generative language and multimodal models and algorithms.

  • Support and mentor a team of Data Scientists / AI Engineers, promoting a culture of high performance and ongoing development.

  • Establish clear goals and maintain a collaborative, positive work environment while working closely with engineering and management teams.

  • Enhance the AI Research Team’s output by publishing innovative research in leading journals and conferences.

    What this offers

  • Working for a prestigious organisation helping further NLP/AI research

  • Highly interesting work developing NLP technology

  • A brilliant relaxed working culture offering fantastic work-life balance

    Applications

    Please send an up-to-date CV via the relevant link.

    We’re committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments for your application or during the review process, please highlight this by emailing (if this email address has been removed by the job-board, full contact details are readily available on our website).

    Keywords: Lead AI Research Scientist / Head of NLP and AI Innovation / Principal Machine Learning Scientist / Chief AI Scientist / Director of AI Research and Innovation / Principal Data Science Lead / Head of Advanced NLP Research / Senior AI Research Lead / Principal Applied AI Scientist / Director of Machine Learning Research / Senior Machine Learning Architect / Principal AI Innovation Scientist / Artificial Intelligence Expert / Machine Learning Engineer / Deep Learning Specialist / Data Science Lead / NLP Engineer / Generative AI Specialist / Language Model Architect / AI Innovation Leader / Research Scientist AI / Applied Machine Learning Expert / AI Technology Strategist / AI Systems Architect / Predictive Analytics Lead / Computer Vision Specialist / AI Development Manager / Large Language Models Expert / AI Project Lead / Data Innovation Manager / AI R&D Specialist

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    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

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