Data Science Jobs in Exeter

• Exeter
• £21,805 pa
• Contract

Develops a multiscale Scientific Machine Learning digital-twin framework to predict thermal trajectories, torque capability and efficiency in low-speed, high-torque electric propulsion under extreme duty cycles. Combines physics-informed hybrid architectures (DNNs, neural state-space models, Neural ODEs) with safety-constrained dynamometer experiments at the Centre for Future Clean Mobility, in collaboration with marine power-systems company Ecomar Innovations.

Neural Ordinary Differential Equations · Deep Neural Networks · Recurrent Neural Networks +1

• Exeter
• £21,805 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

An interdisciplinary PhD developing miniaturised, low-power sensing hardware co-designed with AI for field monitoring of wild animals, including individual recognition and automated behavioural and physiological quantification. Systems are benchmarked under controlled conditions then validated on wild jackdaws and West African field sites, spanning behavioural ecology, electronic engineering and data science.

Thermal Imaging · Cameras · Microphones

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

Lead all externalised drug discovery and preclinical lab operations, building and scaling a global CRO infrastructure for an AI-first drug design platform. Oversee experimental throughput, data QC and turnaround times, embed data-generation-by-design standards, and manage vendor governance, budgets and a team of CRO leads and operations managers.

AlphaFold

• Derby
• Hybrid · 1 day in office
• £60,000 – £75,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design and build data pipelines, ETL processes, APIs and microservices in Python, deploying machine learning models and statistical analysis into production. Manage AWS infrastructure (S3, Lambda, EC2, RDS, Glue) supporting data and application workloads, working with large complex datasets in an innovative technology team.

AWS · NumPy · Pandas +7

• Slough
• Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
• £330 – £360 pd
• Junior
• Contract

Hands-on role building, validating and optimising basic models and data pipelines across the data science lifecycle, from exploratory analysis to cloud-based automation of decision-making. Work spans churn reduction, customer lifetime value, stock management and marketing effectiveness, collaborating in a data science team and with stakeholders in the telecoms sector.

scikit-learn · PySpark

• 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

• Johor - Malaysia
• Senior
• Contract

Provide academic leadership in teaching and research within a business school, delivering learning across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Lead research aligned with the campus research strategy, publish in reputable journals, develop collaborations with UK and regional universities, supervise students and contribute to curriculum development. Also supports research funding bids and innovative teaching practices.

• London

Enterprise sales role driving adoption of Lakebase, a fully-managed serverless Postgres service for operational and AI-native applications, within a defined MEA territory. Partners with regional Account Executives to run multi-threaded sales cycles, orchestrate POCs for OLTP and reverse ETL workloads, and compete against legacy and cloud-native databases. Also acts as a force multiplier, enabling field teams and shaping go-to-market plays with Product, Marketing and Partner teams.

Databricks · Lakebase · AWS +6

• United Kingdom
• Remote
• Lead

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.

Databricks · Mosaic AI · MLflow +7

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the scientific direction and architectural rigour of upstream AI safety and evaluation standards, partnering directly with Frontier Labs. Design novel experiment frameworks, mentor data scientists, and translate complex challenges into rigorous scientific frameworks while guiding cross-functional teams.

NumPy · Pandas · Inspect AI +1

• Hanoi, Vietnam
• On-site
• Permanent

A research-focused faculty role in data science, combining independent research, high-quality publications and securing competitive funding with teaching, course delivery and student supervision. The position sits within an engineering and computer science college and collaborates with a big data research institute, spanning areas such as IoT, distributed systems, computational intelligence and applied data science in genetics, agriculture and healthcare.

• Birmingham
• Hybrid · 1 day in office
• £85,000 – £95,000 pa
• Director · manages people
• Contract

Lead enterprise-wide data and analytics capability for a large social housing organisation on a 12-month fixed term contract. Own the data strategy, governance framework, enterprise data architecture and BI/analytics delivery, while managing a data function and advising executive and senior leadership teams. Requires one day per week onsite at the Birmingham head office.

AI · Machine Learning · Cloud Data Services +1

• Hatfield
• On-site
• £39,560 – £46,970 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

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.

TensorFlow · Scikit-Learn · PyTorch +1

• London
• Senior
• Permanent

Partner with account sales teams and channel partners to understand customer needs, strategize evaluations, and help prospects choose the platform. Deliver executive and technical presentations, run demos, proofs of concept, and implementations, while building technical champions to drive deals. Collaborate with product, engineering, marketing, and partners on account plans and joint architectures.

Snowflake · dbt · Spark +3

• Birmingham
• Hybrid · 1 day in office
• £85,000 – £95,000 pa
• Director · manages people
• Contract

Lead enterprise-wide data and analytics capability for a large social housing organisation on a 12-month fixed term contract. Own the data strategy, governance framework, enterprise data architecture and BI/analytics delivery, while leading a data function and advising executive and senior leadership teams. Requires one day per week onsite at the Birmingham head office.

AI · Machine Learning · Cloud Data Services +1