Data Science Jobs

Local Pensions Partnership Administration · Preston · £90,000 – £100,000 pa

Lead AI strategy, governance and delivery across a major UK pension administration organisation, working with the CTO and executive team to identify and scale AI opportunities. Establish responsible AI frameworks, build and manage a specialist AI team, and oversee adoption of tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Civica UPM and UiPath. The role combines strategic leadership, risk assurance and supplier engagement to drive measurable service improvements.

Carbometrics · Bristol · £60,000 – £70,000 pa

Lead the development of a signal-processing pipeline that turns raw optical sensor measurements into reliable analytical results, from early data investigation through to implementation in instrument software. Work spans filtering, noise removal, bias compensation for temperature and sensor variability, calibration and change detection, using Python and experimental data alongside scientists and engineers. A hands-on technical leadership role without initial line management, focused on algorithms rather than full product software or UI ownership.

Palantir Technologies · New York, United States · US$10,500 pm

Interns contribute production code directly to Palantir's Gotham defense product, working across the full lifecycle from ideation and prototyping to shipping. Paired with a dedicated mentor, they build mission-critical tools like geospatial mapping and alert-triaging systems using Java, Go, TypeScript, React, and Spark.

Palantir Technologies · Palo Alto, United States · US$10,500 pa

Interns contribute production code directly to Palantir's Gotham defense product, working across the full lifecycle from ideation and prototyping to shipping. Paired with a dedicated mentor, they build mission-critical tools like geospatial mapping and alert-triaging systems in small product teams using Java, Go, TypeScript, React and Spark.

University of Essex · Ipswich · £40,000 – £45,000 pa

A KTP Associate role embedded at Distag QCS in Ipswich, working with a large, messy ERP dataset never designed for machine learning. The post holder shapes the data, builds reliable models, and leads the introduction of data-driven decision making in a business with no existing in-house data science capability, balancing hands-on development with commercial priorities.

Synthesia · London

Join a 40+ person R&D team building avatar-centric interactive video diffusion models, adapting them to audio, motion and interaction cues and streaming infinitely long video in real time. The role spans lip-sync and motion quality, evaluation frameworks and dataset definition, with a strong emphasis on shipping research into production.

Matchtech · Southampton · £75 ph

Six-month contract supporting PLM reporting and data analytics across Teamcenter and Enovia for a defence client. The role covers requirements gathering, wireframing, data modelling and validation, and building dashboards with Teamcenter Reporting and TCRA, working with the PLM product team, data colleagues and vendors. Primarily remote with occasional site visits.

Faculty · Remote (UK)

Lead the design, build and deployment of production-grade machine learning systems for defence clients, covering architecture, scalable infrastructure and MLOps standards. Work cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists and commercial teams, and act as a trusted technical advisor to customers while mentoring junior engineers. Requires eligibility for UK Security Clearance and 2-4 days per week on client sites.

Faculty · Remote (UK)

Lead technical direction on complex, business-critical AI projects for defence clients, architecting production-grade machine learning solutions and overseeing end-to-end delivery. Combines hands-on ML depth with strategic oversight, mentoring data scientists and managing demanding client relationships. Requires UK Security Clearance and 2-4 days per week on client sites.

Synthesia · London

Design and build scalable, reliable systems for training, serving, and operating generative AI models in production. Develop internal tooling and automation to reduce operational overhead for researchers and engineers, with a focus on agentic workflows and platform-level abstractions. Collaborate closely with research and product teams to improve observability, debugging, and developer experience across distributed GPU environments.

Qualify Nation Recruitment · London · £28,000 – £38,000 pa

A traineeship covering AI fundamentals, generative AI and LLMs, prompt engineering, workflow and business process automation, AI agents, no-code platforms and API integrations. Participants build a portfolio through realistic projects such as chatbots, automated business processes and process analysis, with mentoring and career guidance. No prior AI or automation experience is required.

Databricks · United Kingdom

Customer-facing technical authority on Generative AI, LLMs and applied ML for digital-native and startup accounts across EMEA. Shapes architectures, builds hands-on proofs of concept and reference implementations on Databricks (Mosaic AI, MLflow, Model Serving, Vector Search, Unity Catalog), leads fine-tuning and evaluation engagements, and mentors the wider field engineering organisation.

University of Hertfordshire · Hatfield · £39,560 – £46,970 pa

Postdoctoral role delivering research on innovative AI/ML algorithms for predictive modelling and optimisation of agricultural applications using heterogeneous data, as part of an Innovate UK-funded collaborative project. Involves developing AI/ML software tools, data management and analysis, supporting the Principal Investigator on project milestones, and contributing to publications and reports.

Hays Specialist Recruitment - Education · Lancashire · £25 – £35 ph

Lead data strategy across a network of schools, managing SIMS and associated systems, producing performance dashboards and analysis on attainment, attendance and behaviour, and overseeing census returns and GDPR compliance. The role involves training staff, supporting Ofsted preparation and travelling between schools in the North West.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £80,000 – £90,000 pa

Owns and develops the organisation's Marketing Mix Modelling framework, delivering insights on marketing effectiveness, media performance and budget allocation. Designs incrementality tests, lift studies and geo experiments, builds LTV models and applies causal inference to guide investment decisions, working closely with Marketing stakeholders.

Proactive Appointments · Birmingham · £55,000 – £62,500 pa

Joins a small Data & Insight team owning the full data journey, from extracting source data through modelling and integration to delivering insight for senior leaders, operational teams and customers. Works with a Microsoft-focused stack including Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, APIs, Python and SQL, with scope to shape standards and solutions as the function is rebuilt.