Applied Data Scientist (NLP) 9 Months Initial - Outside IR35 - Fully Remote - £350-400pd DOE. We are partnering with a global tech business who are looking for a talented Data Scientist with strong experience in GenAI / NLP to join them on a contract basis As an Data Scientist you will be working on NLP applications for risk, fraud, and investigation products. Your job will be to: Experiment with different state-of-the-art as well as traditional NLP approaches to find the best solution for the given problem. Independently determine appropriate data and modelling choices. Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Follow best practices for ML experimentation and MLOps. Required Qualifications: PhD in a relevant discipline or Master’s plus a comparable level of experience Experience in Knowledge Graphs or Large Document Search Experience with traditional ML models and feature engineering. Strong Experience with fine tuning, modelling and deploying LLMs - experience with RAG, IR, NER etc would also be very beneficial Strong programming skills (e.g., Python) and experience with modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain). Collaborating with other Researchers, Product, Engineering and Business Stakeholders in an agile manner to demonstrate value and iterate with customer feedback. Please apply below for immediate consideration!