Data Scientist

Aurum Research Limited is looking to hire into its London based research office, based in London’s West End.

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Aurum Fund Management Ltd. is a hedge fund investment specialist investing client’s capital since 1994, focused on solely selecting hedge funds and managing fund of hedge fund portfolios.

Aurum’s purpose as a business is to grow and protect not only client’s capital but also our environmental capital, our planet and our social capital and we express this through embedded impact.

Aurum is a flexible and dynamic organisation, encouraging a collaborative and innovative working environment.

At Aurum, we understand creating a culture of equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing. Diverse companies are more innovative and better positioned to succeed. Everyone is welcome – as an inclusive workplace, people can be themselves in an environment that both supports and includes them.

Your Role:

Aurum’s Data Science team is a recently established function, led by the Head of Data Science, with a strong focus on leveraging AI and machine learning to enhance internal capabilities across the business. We are now looking to hire a Data Scientist who will help shape and scale this function by applying advanced NLP, LLMs, and generative AI solutions to real-world business challenges.

You will work closely with the Head of Data Science and collaborate with stakeholders across departments to modernise tools, automate workflows, and unlock new AI-driven opportunities. This role offers a unique chance to join a fast-evolving area of the business and contribute to high-impact, practical solutions that improve efficiency, insight, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and deploy AI-driven tools and systems that improve internal efficiency and support business growth
• Enhance existing processes and applications by integrating NLP, LLMs, and automation
• Collaborate with teams across the business to identify and deliver practical AI use cases
• Explore and evaluate emerging open-source LLMs and generative AI tools for potential adoption
• Build and maintain retrieval-based systems that extract insights from unstructured data (e.g. PDFs, images, emails, etc.)
• Work closely with the Head of Data Science to deliver proof-of-concept projects and scale successful solutions

Qualifications & Experience:

Python / Machine Learning / NLP/ LLM
Have 5 years+ of hands-on experience with Python for data science and machine learning
Experience in training or fine-tuning ML, NLP, or LLM models (e.g., Transformers, encoder-decoder architectures)
Practical experience working with open-source LLMs (e.g., LLaMA, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, etc.)
Experience building and evaluating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, including embedding models and vector search
Familiarity with libraries such as Hugging Face Transformers for model development and integration
Experience processing and extracting information from unstructured data sources including PDFs (native and scanned), Word documents, images (OCR), emails, and audio files
API Development / Applications
Experience developing API-based applications using FastAPI or Flask
Experience using Streamlit, Gradio, or similar Python libraries to deploy interactive tools and applications
Experience integrating LLMs into practical, production-level applications
Infrastructure / Deployment
Experience running and testing models on local in-house infrastructure (including GPU environments)
Familiarity with managing Python environments and dependencies for reproducible experimentation
Experience with containerization tools (e.g., Docker) is a plus
Version Control / Data Access
Proficient with Git for source control and collaboration
Basic experience working with structured and unstructured data using SQL or file-based data access (e.g., TXT, PDF, JSON, CSV, etc.)

The information on your CV, your application, and any other information you submit to us directly or via a recruitment company or similar online service will be used by the Aurum group for the purpose of considering you for employment and processing your application in accordance with our privacy policy at

https://aurum.com/privacy-statement

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Please note that all candidates must be eligible to work in the UK & this is a full-time position.

We are committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. As part of our efforts to efficiently review and analyse applications, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in processing the information provided in your CV. These tools are used solely to help us organise and identify relevant qualifications, experiences, and skills to match candidates with the requirements of the role. Please note that AI will not make any recruitment decisions on its own; all decisions will be made by our recruitment team, who will carefully review all applications and ensure that they are assessed fairly. If you have any concerns or questions about our use of AI in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us.