Data Science Jobs in London

• London
• Senior · manages people

Owns the core write-path operations for Delta Lake, the open-source storage layer behind the Databricks Lakehouse, driving performance innovations like Low Shuffle Merge and Deletion Vectors. The role involves low-level systems debugging, performance optimisation on large production clusters, architecture design, and technical leadership including mentoring and sprint planning. Distinct for its scale: millions of VMs, terabytes of logs and exabytes of data daily, with active open-source contribution.

Databricks · Delta Lake · Apache Iceberg +6

• London
• Senior

Founding backend engineer role building the Lakebase managed Postgres transactional layer, spanning control plane, proxy data path, and platform reliability. Work covers large-scale distributed systems, high-throughput connection routing, SLI/SLO definition, and AI-powered automation across AWS, GCS, and Azure storage backends.

AWS S3 · GCS · Azure Blob Storage +6

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office

A general expression-of-interest pipeline for experienced software engineers, ML researchers and engineers, computational chemists and technical program managers. The interdisciplinary team builds predictive and generative AI models for drug design, working across therapeutic areas and modalities. Hybrid working requires three days a week in the London office.

AlphaFold

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a small, high-agency research team setting the scientific agenda for AI safety, focused on large language models and safety-critical systems. Conduct and oversee red-teaming and evaluations in high-risk domains like CBRN and cybersecurity, publish at top conferences, and mentor researchers while aligning work with commercial goals.

Python

• London
• Hybrid
• Director · manages people
• Permanent

Owns and grows major Life Sciences accounts, acting as a strategic partner to pharma, academic and MedTech clients. Leads a cross-functional team of delivery and engagement specialists, driving commercial negotiations, sales planning and forecasting while translating complex AI concepts into client use cases. Combines business development with mentorship and thought leadership at industry events.

Metaview

• London
• Remote
• £80,000 – £100,000 pa
• Mid-level

Builds and enhances risk pricing models for a personal lines insurer using statistical and machine learning techniques, developing, validating and monitoring predictive models in Python. Delivers customer segmentation, conversion modelling and pricing analytics, and supports a proprietary pricing and rating platform while working closely with technical, commercial and underwriting stakeholders.

Python

• London
• Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
• £100,000 – £120,000 pa
• Director · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a centralised Analytics and MI function operating as an internal consultancy, managing managers and analysts while driving the shift from descriptive reporting to insight-led analytics. Embed AI and advanced analytics into workflows, oversee scalable data and reporting infrastructure, and manage migration to a new decisioning platform across finance, marketing and executive stakeholders.

Snowflake · Power BI

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior

Join the Computational Sciences team to design novel large-molecule therapeutics using a cutting-edge AI drug design engine. You'll develop machine learning methods to predict biologics properties from sequence, benchmark models, and analyse lab data to guide early discovery through candidate selection.

AlphaFold

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Entry level
• Permanent

Graduate role supporting tender preparation, customer enquiries and market research for oil, gas, geothermal and CCS customers. Involves maintaining Salesforce pipeline records, SAP transactional input, financial modelling, stock checks and audit support, with hybrid working three days a week in the London office.

Salesforce · SAP · SC Core +1

• London
• £25,000 – £45,000 pa
• Entry level

A self-paced traineeship taking complete beginners through AI fundamentals, Python, data handling, machine learning and Git/GitHub, with Microsoft AI-900 certification and two tutor-assigned industry projects. On completion, candidates are placed into a Junior AI Engineer role within 20 miles of their location, with training designed to be completed in 6-12 months around existing commitments.

Microsoft Azure · Git · GitHub

• London
• £30,000 – £35,000 pa
• Junior

Early-career role contributing to greenfield development and maintenance of internal software and tools, with a central focus on an in-house AI platform supporting commercial teams. Day-to-day work includes writing Python and SQL features, building integrations and automations, and supporting projects from concept through testing and deployment.

• London
• £25,000 – £45,000 pa
• Entry level

A self-paced traineeship that takes complete beginners through AI fundamentals, Python, data handling, machine learning and Git/GitHub, culminating in the Microsoft AI-900 certification and two tutor-assigned industry projects. On completion, candidates are placed into a Junior AI Engineer role with a partner employer within 20 miles of their location.

Azure · Git · GitHub

• London
• Hybrid · 4 days in office
• £80,000 – £85,000 pa
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the month-end close, management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and statutory reporting while overseeing cash flow, treasury, VAT and audit compliance. Manage and develop the finance team and partner with commercial stakeholders, using Power BI, KPIs and AI tools to improve reporting and profitability.

Power BI · Excel · AI Tools

• Barking
• £30,000 – £50,000 pa
• Entry level

A training and placement programme for entry-level candidates with little or no data experience, combining self-paced online courses in Excel, SQL, Python and Tableau with CompTIA Data+ and BCS Business Analysis Foundation qualifications. After qualifying, a recruitment support team helps with CVs, applications and mock interviews to secure a first data analyst role, with an advanced CompTIA Data X stage once employed.

Microsoft Excel · SQL · Python +4