Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist (12 Month FTC)
London (Hybrid, 2 days per week)
The Company They are a well established health and insurance technology organisation operating at significant scale, combining traditional insurance products with personalised, data driven services. Data Science is a core strategic capability, with strong executive support and a track record of deploying models and AI applications into live customer and internal workflows. The environment balances innovation with the rigour required in a regulated setting.
The Role As a Senior Data Scientist focused on AI Engineering, you will take ownership of full lifecycle projects, from problem definition through to deployment and monitoring.
  • Lead end to end delivery of AI and LLM based solutions across underwriting and insurance journeys
  • Build and deploy agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and LLM powered applications for internal and customer facing products
  • Work across structured and unstructured data, collaborating closely with Machine Learning and GenAI specialists
  • Own cloud based deployment, CI/CD, and productionisation of models and services
  • Partner with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to shape requirements and scope projects
  • Communicate progress and outcomes clearly, building trust through delivery and technical leadership
This role sits within a balanced team of traditional ML and GenAI specialists, with exposure to both classic modelling and modern AI use cases.
Your Skills and Experience
  • Strong Data Science fundamentals and experience delivering classical machine learning models in production
  • Hands on experience with LLMs, agentic workflows, and applied AI solutions
  • Proven capability deploying models and AI services end to end, including monitoring and optimisation
  • Solid engineering mindset with experience in cloud platforms, CI/CD, APIs, and containerised environments
  • Confidence owning projects independently and leading delivery in cross functional teams
  • Experience working in regulated, customer facing, or large scale data environments is beneficial
What They Offer
  • Pension with up to 6 percent employer matching
  • Private health and life insurance
  • Hybrid working with a central London office location
  • Strong likelihood of contract extension based on project delivery
How to Apply If you are looking to own impactful AI projects in a mature, well supported Data Science environment, apply now to learn more.

Job Details

Company
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / Remote Options
Employment Type
Contractor
Salary
£75,000 - £90,000 per annum
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