Naimuri - Senior Data Scientist

Van Arendonk Makelaardij

Manchester

1 month ago

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Naimuri - Senior Data Scientist role at Van Arendonk Makelaardij

Job Title: Senior Data Scientist
Job Location: Salford Quays, Manchester
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Job ID: SF19357

Naimuri is offering the chance to help make the UK a safer place through innovation. We partner with government and law enforcement on some of the most challenging data and technology problems, and we're looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our mission. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive, safe and supportive environment.

About Us

We’ve been around for about ten years, growing from a little‑known tech start‑up to a core of the Manchester tech ecosystem. The name Naimuri is Japanese: nai meaning “not” and muri meaning “overburden.” It guides everything we do, from technology to culture. Our business is focused on four cornerstones: Wellbeing, Empowerment, Perpetual Edge and Delivery.

About The Team

The Data capability team offers a unique opportunity to apply your skills to impactful projects. We analyse data, design solutions to data‑driven challenges, and make a real difference for our customers. We are passionate about continuous learning and fostering shared expertise.

Professional Responsibilities

Analyse product runs
Model customer data, perform statistical analyses, design cleansing, transformation and normalisation processes, conduct feature extraction/reduction.
Visualise and present analyses and analytics to customers and project leads.
Engineer platforms, databases, and data pipelines as part of broader delivery solutions.
Train (inc. transfer learning and feature extraction) and deploy ML/AI models for prediction, detection, classification.
Write or support software solutions that apply data science models, tools, and techniques.

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