Data Scientist

Client is Wipro

Contract InsideIR35

Location- Manchester, UK

Hybrid- 2 days WFO in a week

Required experience

· 10+ years of experience across Data Science, Machine Learning Engineering or related applied AI roles.

· Proven experience translating ambiguous business needs into well-framed analytical or AI problems.

· Hands-on experience developing and evaluating classical machine learning, NLP and LLM-based solutions.

· Experience with experiment design, statistical evaluation, model metrics and clear communication of findings.

· Experience creating model documentation, model cards and governance-ready evidence.

Mandatory skills

Capability Required experience

Python Strong hands-on Python for data preparation, modelling, evaluation and reusable analytical code.

Machine learning Model development, feature engineering, validation, optimisation and performance measurement.

NLP Text preparation, classification, information extraction, embeddings and semantic retrieval pipelines.

Generative AI Working knowledge of LLMs, embeddings, prompting and rapid prototype development.

RAG fundamentals Understanding of chunking, retrieval, grounding and basic evaluation of RAG-based solutions.

BigQuery ML Practical experience using BigQuery and BigQuery ML for data processing, model training and evaluation.

Experimentation Hypothesis-driven experiment design, AI/ML metrics and statistical interpretation.

Model governance Model cards, explainability, responsible AI documentation and governance support.