Junior Data Scientist - UK

About Us

As one of the UK’s leading AI Consultancies, we believe that responsible use of AI can solve many of the toughest challenges organisations are facing today. We’re driven by the impossible. We harness our extensive expertise in advanced AI, ML, and Data Science along with cutting-edge technology frameworks to provide solutions for a diverse range of industries, including Environmental Protection, Healthcare, Sustainability and Finance. Our solutions enable organisations to re-imagine their ways of working, to automate business workflows and gain time to insights that make real business value impact.

Deeper Insights is in a revolutionary sector that is growing in maturity. We are going through a period of rapid growth and we invite you to join us.

With a portfolio of case studies that include original AI research, scaled automation workflows, and custom unstructured data intelligence AI, there is plenty to keep you interested. We are advocates of knowledge sharing and innovation to solve big customer problems. We adopt a DevSecOps culture, empowering individuals and groups through  agile, cross-functional teams, with access to data science specialty, ML engineering expertise and operations knowledge through each stage of project inception, design, development and delivery.

About the role

The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of Machine Learning (particularly Deep Learning) techniques and will have begun to gain experience in the successful application of AI techniques to challenging problems. 

As a consulting company, we value strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with clients. Therefore, this role will have client-facing elements and require effective team working, both internally and externally. You will be responsible for interpreting high-level requirements into functional solutions and presenting these to the team in a professional manner.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with senior data scientists to develop and implement data-driven solutions

• Help the team to identify and understand the right customer problem to solve and propose solutions that are aligned with their business goals

• Assist the team in converting business requirements into technical requirements

• Work with large unstructured datasets, analysing and reporting detailed insights as to the nature of the data

• Preparation of training sets for Machine Learning, according to established best practice

• Training and assessment of AI models, optimising for greatest accuracy

• Write internal documentation

• Contribute to client-facing presentations

• Collaborate with the engineering and DevOps team to ensure the appropriate infrastructure is being used and the produced ML code is at a good standard

• Maintain clear and coherent communication, both verbal and written, to understand data science needs and report results

• Research and stay up to date with the latest AI methods, techniques, and tools

• Share DS/ML knowledge internally and externally (e.g., write blog posts and/or white papers, give talks at meetups and DS events)

• Provide technical feedback on the work of other data scientists

About you:

• Experience applying Machine Learning/Data Science to challenging problems, preferably with real-world industry experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Capable of thriving in a dynamic environment, adapting to shifting priorities, and navigating evolving objectives with confidence and flexibility
• Has experience with collaborative development using version control systems like git and Github within the context of a team
• Great programming skills in Python, with a basic understanding of software engineering best practice.
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity, uncertainty and working in a dynamic environment, where priorities change frequently and objectives may not be well defined
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyse issues, identify causes, recommend solutions quickly and structure and prioritise an approach for maximum impact. We focus on delivering value to clients rather than micro-optimising models
• Lifelong learner mentality, a drive to master new technologies and techniques, and willingness to work outside your comfort zone

***We encourage graduates to apply who have completed an internships or placement. 

Bonus Points for:

• A solid understanding of agile methodologies and experience working in an agile environment

• Experience with LLMs and NLP particularly HuggingFace and Meta models

• Proven experience using top-tier AI frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenAI, Scikit-Learn, HuggingFace etc.

• Experience with a cloud computing ecosystems such as AWS, GCP, or Azure

• A thorough understanding of Software Engineering best practices (automatic unit testing, integration tests, debugging, error handling, logging, coding standards and naming conventions)

Working with us

We are very proud of our team and the culture that we have built here at Deeper Insights. We take care and are considerate when introducing new members to the team, even at our current rate of growth!

In return, we offer our team:

• Generous holiday allowance

• Private health insurance (post-probation)

• Home internet expense contribution

• Remote home working with occasional team meet-ups

• 30-day overseas "digital nomad" working allowance (post-probation)

• Choice of Mac, PC or Linux development hardware

• Additional £500 home office set up allowance

• 2 Professional Development days anually (your choice of course, conference etc.)

• Annual professional development allowance (your choice of course, conference etc.)

• Annual volunteering hours allowance

• £25 monthly wellbeing contribution (mental heath subscriptions, gym/yoga/swimming etc.)

• Paid sick leave entitlement

• Fun company events in Portugal and UK

• Positive, friendly and enthusiastic working environment

• A great team and working environment

Deeper Insights is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of employment. We welcome applications from all individuals who meet the role requirements, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. All recruitment decisions are based solely on job-related qualifications, skills, and experience.