Data Scientist

Job title: Senior Data Scientist (Trading)

Location: London (Canary Wharf) – 3 days onsite per week (non-negotiable)

Rate: £700 per day (Inside IR35)

Length: Initial 6 months (strong likelihood of extension)

Summary

An immediate requirement for multiple Senior Data Scientists to support a large-scale trading environment within a complex, data-driven organisation. The role focuses on building and deploying scalable data science and machine learning solutions that deliver tangible business value. This is a hands-on position suited to experienced practitioners with strong engineering, statistical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and productionise scalable data science and machine learning products
  • Collaborate closely with data engineers, software engineers, and business stakeholders
  • Apply strong statistical and machine learning foundations to solve real-world trading problems
  • Perform in-depth data analysis to generate actionable business insights
  • Work across the full data lifecycle, from discovery and prototyping through to deployment and maintenance
  • Contribute to GenAI / LLM-based use cases, explaining solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Write clean, well-documented, and testable code in complex environments
  • Engage in technical discussions and reviews, maintaining a pragmatic and value-focused mindset

Desired Skills

  • Strong development experience in Python and/or other object-oriented languages (e.g. Java)
  • Excellent grounding in statistics, machine learning, and mathematical concepts
  • Proven experience delivering production-grade data science solutions
  • Hands-on experience with modern data science tooling, including LLMs / RAG approaches
  • Advanced SQL skills
  • Experience working in complex, enterprise-scale environments
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to perform under technical interviews including live coding, OOP design, and SQL

Contact

Email: Harry@paritasrecruitment.com

Mobile (WhatsApp message):+44 7702 946 250

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Job Details

Company
Paritas Recruitment
Location
Slough, Berkshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted