Data Scientist
TrueNorth®
Job Description
MID/SENIOR DATA SCIENTISTS - UK | FULL TIME | REMOTE | £ 50K - £100K |
About the Company
Join a global life sciences data & AI leader powering the world’s top pharma companies, biotechs, and regulators. You’ll ship end-to-end ML that transforms how drugs are developed, launched, and accessed.
About the Role
Lead one major AI release at a time with full ownership, typically from concept to production in ∼6 months. They solve real problems using agentic AI, MCP servers, RAG, LLMs, knowledge graphs, classical ML, and smart data logic — tech is secondary to impact.
Responsibilities
- Partner with product to find high-impact AI/ML opportunities in pharma data + products
- Research, prototype, and rigorously test ML solutions; validate PoCs with cross-functional teams
- Deploy production-grade microservices with engineering/DevOps
- Contribute to shared data science platforms and data assets
- Stay current on SOTA AI and present findings internally
Qualifications
STEM degree or equiv. experience
Required Skills
- 5+ years building AI/ML apps + data-driven solutions
- Expert Python: pandas, scikit-learn, LangChain, etc.
- Deep LLM experience: APIs, prompt engineering, RAG, agentic systems
- Strong GenAI, NLP, deep learning, and CS fundamentals
- Proven ability to engineer + deploy well-architected software
- Strong communicator who can own projects end-to-end and mentor juniors
Preferred Skills
- Healthcare/pharma domain expertise
- AWS: ECS, Bedrock, SageMaker, serverless
- Full-stack PoC prototyping skills
- Expert with AI coding tools/workflows
Pay range and compensation package
£ 50K - £100K | 25 days leave + 4 volunteering days + personal day | 5% pension match | Life Assurance & Income Protection, Voluntary Dental, PMI, Health Screening.
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