Sr. Data Scientist London, UK

Galytix Limited
London
3 months ago
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Galytix (GX) is delivering on the promise of AI.

GX has built specialised knowledge AI assistants for the banking and insurance industry. Our assistants are fed by sector-specific data and knowledge and easily adaptable through ontology layers to reflect institution-specific rules.

GX AI assistants are designed for Individual Investors, Credit and Claims professionals. Our assistants are being used right now in global financial institutions. Proven, trusted, non-hallucinating, our assistants are empowering financial professionals and delivering 10x improvements by supporting them in their day-to-day tasks.

Responsibilities:

  • Contributing by processing, analyzing, and synthesizing information applied to a live client problem at scale.
  • Developing machine learning models to extract insights from both structured and unstructured data in areas such as NLP and Computer Vision.
  • The role requires skills in both prototyping and developing individual solutions but also implementation and integration in a production environment.

Desired Skills:

  • A university degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or similar.
  • 6+ years of relevant experience in several areas of Data Mining, Classical Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP and Computer Vision.
  • Experience with Large Scale/ Big Data technology, such as Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Impala, PrestoDb.
  • Hands-on capability developing ML models using open-source frameworks in Python and R and applying them on real client use cases.
  • Proficient in one of the deep learning stacks such as PyTorch or Tensorflow.
  • Working knowledge of parallelisation and async paradigms in Python, Spark, Dask, Apache Ray.
  • An awareness and interest in economic, financial and general business concepts and terminology.
  • Excellent written and verbal command of English.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical and quantitative skills.
  • A professional attitude and service orientation with the ability to work with our international teams.
  • Experience in leading a team is an advantage.

Why You Do Not Want to Miss This Career Opportunity:

  • We are a mission-driven firm that is revolutionising the Insurance and Banking industry. We are not aiming to incrementally push the current boundaries; we redefine them.
  • Customer-centric organisation with innovation at the core of everything we do.
  • Capitalize on an unparalleled career progression opportunity.
  • Work closely with senior leaders who have individually served several CEOs in Fortune 100 companies globally.
  • Develop highly valued skills and build connections in the industry by working with top-tier Insurance and Banking clients on their mission-critical problems and deploying solutions integrated into their day-to-day workflows and processes.


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