Data Scientist
Understanding Recruitment · Nottingham, East Midlands
Data Scientist at Understanding Recruitment, based in Nottingham, East Midlands. This is a permanent role.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 1 day ago
- Closes
- 20 Oct 2026
- Sector
- Data Analyst
Reference LB727
About the role
Data Scientist
We’re working with a fast-growing UK AI company developing advanced machine learning technology around large-scale behavioural and transactional data.
They’re looking for an AI Engineer who enjoys sitting between research and engineering - taking new ideas across predictive ML, causal modelling and Generative AI and turning them into robust production systems.
Where you’ll make an impact
- Take new ML and AI models from research into production
- Work across traditional ML, deep learning, transformers and Generative AI
- Build solutions around large-scale, complex datasets
- Work closely with researchers, academics, product and engineering teams
- Contribute to architecture and longer-term technical roadmaps
- Lead and contribute to R&D sprints
- Build reliable, high-quality ML software
What we’re looking for
- Strong Python and SQL
- Experience deploying machine learning into production
- Solid knowledge of traditional ML techniques
- Understanding of deep learning and transformers
- Exposure to Generative AI
- Statistical knowledge and an interest in causal modelling
- Experience with GitHub and CI/CD
- MSc or PhD is beneficial, but not essential
Why join?
- 30 days holiday + bank holidays
- Work on genuinely cutting-edge AI R&D
- Collaborate with leading academic researchers
- Opportunity to influence technology at a growing AI business
- Pension + potential equity/options
- Work with AI applications that have both commercial and wider social impact
Reference: LB727 · Posted 1 day ago · Closes 20 Oct 2026 · Listed via Understanding Recruitment
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