Senior Data Scientist

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This role is for a Senior Data Scientist in Stratford, London, on a 6-month contract at £400–£500 per day. Key skills include Python, MLOps, AWS, and ethical AI practices. Financial services industry experience is required.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
Unknown
500
🗓️ - Date discovered
April 19, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
More than 6 months
🏝️ - Location type
Hybrid
📄 - Contract type
Inside IR35
🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
📍 - Location detailed
London Area, United Kingdom
🧠 - Skills detailed
#"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #ML (Machine Learning) #AI (Artificial Intelligence) #Hugging Face #Microservices #Lambda (AWS Lambda) #Data Science #Computer Science #Cloud #Maven #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #R #Athena #Deployment #GIT #FastAPI #Transformers #Flask #Mathematics #Scala #SageMaker #Python #Jupyter #Jenkins #AWS SageMaker #Monitoring #Redshift #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Automation #DevOps
Role description

Job Title: Senior Data Scientist

Location: Stratford, London (Hybrid, -3 days per week onsite)

Contract Length: 6 months

Rate: £400–£500 per day (Inside IR35)

Industry: Financial Services

Are you passionate about bridging the gap between machine learning and software engineering? We're looking for a Full-Stack Data Scientist to join our clients innovative team in Stratford, London, where you'll play a pivotal role in delivering scalable, production-ready AI/ML solutions.

Responsibilities

   • Collaborate across Data Science and DevOps to turn experimental ML models into deployed applications.

   • Package and deploy ML models (including Hugging Face Transformers) as microservices on AWS.

   • Build, train, and evaluate models using AWS tools like SageMaker, Bedrock, Glue, Athena, and Redshift.

   • Develop secure APIs with Apigee and build automation pipelines using Jenkins, Maven, and more.

   • Support the full ML lifecycle including monitoring, governance, and reproducibility.

Requirements

   • Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or a technical field.

   • Proficiency in Python (or R), with hands-on experience in ML and statistical modeling.

   • End-to-end experience with MLOps, from experimentation to deployment and monitoring.

   • Strong grasp of ethical AI practices: model explainability, transparency, bias mitigation.

   • Hands-on with AWS services (SageMaker, Glue, Redshift, Bedrock, Lambda, Fargate).

   • Skilled in deploying and hosting microservices/APIs with Flask or FastAPI.

   • Proficient in SQL, Git, Jupyter/RStudio, and CI/CD integrations.

   • Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with non-technical stakeholders.

   • Strong problem-solving ability and a product-first mindset.

   • Enthusiastic about learning, adapting to new tools, and collaborating in a dynamic environment

Tech Stack

   • Languages & Frameworks: Python, R, SQL, Flask, FastAPI

   • Tools: Hugging Face, Apigee, Jenkins, Git, RStudio, Jupyter

   • Cloud: AWS (SageMaker, Glue, Athena, Redshift, Bedrock, ECS Fargate, Lambda)

Please apply online for consideration.