Senior Data Scientist - Outside IR35 Contract

ShareForce
united kingdom
1 year ago
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Take a lead role in the design and development of machine learning, computer vision, statistical algorithms and solutions.  Help clients realise the potential of data science, machine learning, and scaled data processing within the Azure ecosystem. Lead and support multi-disciplinary teams, taking ownership for the delivery of core solution components. Manage the design and delivery of the data architecture.  Communicate and present findings and recommendations to stakeholders and customers using tools such as Power BI, Azure Data Explorer, and Azure Cognitive Services. Work directly with clients to understand requirements and present solutions to customer sponsors. Required Skills & Experience:
Microsoft Azure expertise, setting the technical direction across Microsoft Azure AI Services, Azure Machine Learning and Microsoft CoPilot. Extensive experience with Data Visualisation tools, Databricks, ML Flow, storytelling tools and techniques. Strong commercial experience creating predictive models, statistical analysis, and pricing analysis. Working with large data sets (real time, storage, and geo-spatial data). Writing and reviewing data science code, proficient in Python, C#, SQL, R, or other programming languages for data analysis and machine learning. A background in data science or data engineering. Excellent communication skills. Strong appetite to work closely with customers.Additional Information
Rate: £550 IR35: Outside Start date: August Initial Duration: 3 months (significant opportunity for extension) Location: Remote with occasional onsite travel, London/ Essex All applicants must be based in the UK and have the right to work

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