Data Science Jobs in London

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior · manages people

Builds greenfield machine learning models and algorithms for drug discovery, designing new architectures, running experiments and scaling training and inference frameworks. Works in an interdisciplinary team of ML scientists, engineers and domain experts, with scope to lead projects and mentor others depending on experience.

JAX · PyTorch · TensorFlow +3

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior

Lead the hardening and scaling of an inference platform serving fleets of cutting-edge ML models for scientific applications. Architect next-generation inference services, solve core scaling limits, and set strategy and roadmaps while partnering with research, product and operations teams. Distinct for its focus on high-throughput GPU/TPU model serving within a biotech drug-discovery setting.

Kubernetes · Google Cloud Platform · NVIDIA GPU +1

• London
• Mid-level

Customer-facing, hands-on role building and productionizing data and AI solutions on the Databricks platform for emerging enterprise and digital native accounts. You own architecture and design decisions, implement end-to-end systems spanning data engineering, ML/AI and application development, and embed with customer teams. Billable delivery work with roughly 20% travel.

Databricks · Apache Spark · AWS +7

• London
• Senior

Expert-level technical leader owning the most complex enterprise customer engagements, driving consumption strategy and executive relationships as the definitive technical authority. Leads multi-workload platform architectures, migrations, real-time systems and AI/ML at scale, while mentoring junior architects and orchestrating cross-functional teams.

Databricks · Snowflake · AWS +7

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Technical leadership role owning delivery of complex machine learning and Generative AI projects for financial services clients, while setting technical direction for the data science team. Involves mentoring, contributing to bids and scoping, and publishing thought leadership, with a focus on deep individual contribution and scalable Python codebases.

Large Language Models

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the technical direction and delivery of complex AI projects for enterprise clients in financial and professional services, acting as primary technical authority from discovery to production. Balance hands-on full-stack work in Python and TypeScript/React with mentoring a squad of engineers and shaping reusable architecture. Distinct for its client-facing, highly regulated context and emphasis on safe, responsible AI deployment.

Python · TypeScript · React +3

• London
• Hybrid
• £40,000 – £44,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

The BI Analyst role involves delivering analytics projects, translating complex data into clear narratives, and building dashboards using tools like Tableau. You will work on impactful client projects across various sectors, collaborating with consultants and stakeholders to influence strategic decisions.

• London
• Hybrid · 1 day in office
• £40,000 – £45,000 pa
• Mid-level

Builds and maintains Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions, integrating and formatting data sources and creating new connections. Works closely with stakeholders to gather reporting requirements, ensure data accuracy, and support ad hoc insight requests. Also trains business users and looks for ways to improve reporting processes and BI adoption.

Power BI · Microsoft Excel · SQL

• London
• Hybrid
• £95,000 – £125,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Architect and implement Databricks Lakehouse solutions covering ingestion, processing, storage, governance and analytics for enterprise clients. Lead architectural engagements, tune workloads for performance and cost, and build CI/CD pipelines with Databricks Repos, GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps. Hybrid role in a consultancy, contributing reusable patterns to a wider Architecture Practice.

Databricks · Delta Lake · Spark +7

• London
• £80,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Leads analytical and data-focused delivery workstreams on large-scale transformation programmes, owning roadmaps and managing teams of analysts and engineers. Bridges business stakeholders and technical delivery, defining requirements, governance and best practices while shaping cloud-based data products using SQL, Python and platforms like Fabric, Databricks or Snowflake.

Microsoft Fabric · Databricks · Snowflake +7

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Builds and architects data-intensive frontend interfaces for Palantir Foundry, owning APIs and schemas that power complex workflows. Works with TypeScript, React and GQL, creating low-code tools and mentoring engineers, with possible embedded customer rotations.

TypeScript · React · GraphQL +6

• London
• Remote
• Lead
• Permanent

Hands-on principal IC role building and operating the ML platform that lets researchers and product teams train, serve and deploy generative models. Work spans research infrastructure, production serving, internal tooling and agent-oriented automation, with a focus on reliability, scalability, GPU scheduling and cost efficiency across cloud and Kubernetes.

Kubernetes · Terraform · Datadog +4

• London
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Works embedded with UK government customer teams, meeting analysts to identify pain points, integrating datasets with Forward Deployed Engineers, and building bespoke workflows. Leads training sessions, presents results to audiences up to C-suite, and builds demos, with 25-75% travel and possible security clearance.

Python · R · MATLAB +1

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead

Lead the deployment of LLM-powered AI solutions across a legal services group, identifying high-value automation opportunities in legal workflows and taking them from concept to production. Work with engineers, architects and senior stakeholders to build RAG systems, define success metrics and monitor live solutions. Distinct for its applied, production-focused remit rather than model development in isolation.

Azure · Databricks · Snowflake

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £825 pd
• Senior
• Contract

Hands-on VP-level data scientist building generative AI, LLM/NLP and statistical modelling products end to end for a boutique investment bank's M&A and advisory bankers. Works in a small team taking prototypes into production, writing production-quality Python and explaining models to senior non-technical stakeholders. M&A experience is essential.