Senior Data Scientist

The role

You will lead high-impact AI projects and shape the technical direction of bespoke solutions. This involves defining data science approaches, designing software architectures, and mentoring junior colleagues.

What you will do

• Leading project teams that deliver bespoke algorithms and high-stakes AI solutions to clients.
• Conceiving the core data science approach and designing associated robust software architecture.
• Mentoring a small number of data scientists and supporting professional growth of technical team members.
• Partnering with commercial teams to build client relationships and shape project scope.
• Contributing to thought leadership through courses, public speaking, or open-source projects.
• Ensuring best practices are followed throughout the project lifecycle.

Required qualifications

• Senior experience in a professional data science position or a quantitative academic field.
• Fluent Python programmer using core libraries (NumPy, Pandas) and a deep-learning framework (e.g., PyTorch).
• Deep expertise in core data science paradigms (supervised/unsupervised, NLP, validation).
• Ability to develop new, innovative algorithms.
• Leadership mindset focused on growing technical capabilities and nurturing a collaborative culture.
• Commercial awareness with experience in client-facing work.
• Ability to translate business problems into a rigorous mathematical framework.
• Skilled in project planning, assessing technical feasibility, and estimating delivery timelines.
• Ability to lead a team to deliver high-quality work on a strict schedule.

About the company

Faculty was established in 2014 to transform performance through human-centric AI. They work with global customers across government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence.