Data Scientist (GenAI & AI Engineering)

Location: London, England; hybrid with 40% office-based working

Company

hirify.global is a global data and technology company serving markets including financial services, healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, and insurance.

What you will do

• Frame ambiguous product and business ideas into clear problem statements, assumptions, and success metrics with product, engineering, and business teams.
• Design and run experiments to evaluate Generative AI systems, including baseline comparisons, error analysis, and failure-mode analysis.
• Build and refine Generative AI systems from prototypes through production-ready components using modern development practices and AI-assisted coding tools.
• Analyse model and system behaviour in product contexts and determine when GenAI, simpler analytics, or conventional machine learning is the appropriate approach.
• Communicate results, trade-offs, limitations, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Share insights with the team and spend approximately 10% of the role on learning and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Experience working as a data scientist or in a similar role.
• Experience with applied machine learning and Python programming.
• Comfort working with incomplete information through exploration and experimentation.
• Interest in developing broader AI engineering and product-focused delivery skills.
• Ability to connect product, data, and engineering context to identify issues and improve decisions.

Nice to have

• Exposure to software engineering practices such as version control, testing, or object-oriented programming.
• Understanding of how AI systems are deployed or operated through cloud services or containerised environments.
• Experience explaining technical concepts or analysis to non-technical partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment with a four-month secondment arrangement.
• Hybrid working with 40% office-based attendance.
• Benefits include pension, Bupa healthcare, Sharesave, 25 days of annual leave, 8 bank holidays, and 3 volunteering days.
• Additional annual leave can be purchased; compensation includes a discretionary bonus plan.
• Approximately 10% of working time is allocated to learning and knowledge sharing.
• Inclusive, purpose-driven culture with equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation support.

Hiring process

• Recruitment communications are sent only through authorised channels using an @hirify.global.com email address.
• hirify.global never requests payment during application, interviewing, assessment, onboarding, or recruitment.