Lead Data Scientist AI Lab | Banking
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Role Overview
The employer seeks a Lead Data Scientist for a newly established AI Lab in a leading banking organization.
The role involves designing, developing, and deploying advanced AI and machine learning solutions across banking use cases.
The ideal candidate should have a strong technical background, be a full-stack Data Scientist, and have experience with Python, SQL, and modern ML/AI frameworks.
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Overview
The employer seeks a Lead Data Scientist for a newly established AI Lab in a leading banking organization.
The role involves designing, developing, and deploying advanced AI and machine learning solutions across banking use cases.
The ideal candidate should have a strong technical background, be a full-stack Data Scientist, and have experience with Python, SQL, and modern ML/AI frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development and deployment of advanced AI and machine learning solutions across banking use cases.
- Own the full lifecycle from problem definition, data preparation and modelling through to deployment, monitoring and optimisation.
- Develop production-grade solutions using Python, SQL and modern ML/AI frameworks.
- Build and productionise GenAI, LLM, RAG, NLP and agentic AI solutions where relevant.
- Work closely with Data Engineers, Software Engineers and Product teams to take AI solutions into production.
- Develop robust ML pipelines, APIs, model-serving components and MLOps processes.
- Establish best practices around model deployment, testing, monitoring, reproducibility and responsible AI.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to create tangible value for the bank.
- Mentor Data Scientists and contribute to the technical direction of the new AI Lab.
Ideal Candidate
- 8+ years experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, AI Engineering or a related technical field.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or another highly quantitative discipline.
- Strong hands-on Python development skills and excellent SQL.
- Proven track record of taking machine learning / AI models into production.
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles including Git, APIs, testing, CI/CD and containerisation.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
- Experience with modern ML/AI technologies such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LLMs, RAG, vector databases and agentic AI.
- Banking, financial services or fintech experience.
What Will Differentiate You
- The successful candidate will be a builder, technically autonomous, hands-on and capable of taking an AI solution from an initial idea all the way through to production.
- Strong preference will be given to candidates with a rigorous Computer Science or technical background over candidates whose background is primarily business, commercial or MBA-focused.
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