Data Scientist

About the Company A leading global Data \& AI consultancy is looking for a Data Scientist with Generative AI experience to join its growing AI practice. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge GenAI initiatives, helping enterprise clients unlock value through Large Language Models (LLMs), automation, and intelligent decision-making. About the Role You'll be responsible for designing, building, and deploying Generative AI solutions across a range of industries, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver production-ready AI applications. Responsibilities * Developing LLM-powered applications for business use cases such as document automation, knowledge retrieval, summarisation, and customer support. * Designing and implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions. * Fine-tuning and adapting foundation models using domain-specific datasets. * Building embedding pipelines and working with vector databases including FAISS, Pinecone, or ChromaDB. * Creating prompt engineering frameworks and prompt chains using LangChain, LlamaIndex, PromptFlow, or similar tools. * Collaborating with Data Engineering, MLOps, and Product teams to deploy scalable AI solutions. * Evaluating model performance and optimising cost, accuracy, latency, and reliability. * Staying current with advancements in GenAI, transformers, and LLM architectures. Qualifications * 5+ years' experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or AI. * Commercial experience delivering Generative AI or LLM-based solutions. Required Skills * Strong Python development skills. * Experience with technologies such as: * * OpenAI, Claude, Llama, Mistral * LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face * PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn * RAG, Vector Search, Embeddings * FAISS, Pinecone, ChromaDB * * Experience deploying AI applications using FastAPI, Flask, Streamlit, or similar frameworks. * Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Skills * Prompt tuning, LoRA fine-tuning, or few-shot learning experience. * Understanding of AI governance, privacy, and security considerations. * Experience within regulated sectors such as Financial Services, Insurance, or Healthcare. * Exposure to Palantir Foundry. Pay range and compensation package * Up to £90,000 base salary * 10% annual bonus * Private healthcare * Pension scheme * Life assurance * Employee share purchase programme * Ongoing learning and development opportunities * Flexible hybrid working Equal Opportunity Statement Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be able to start within a maximum 1-month notice period. To learn more, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.