Data Scientist

Data Scientist

6 months’ initial contract

£600 pd outside IR35

3 days Central London

Job Overvie

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Stanton House has partnered with a media business based in Central London, that is looking to hire an Interim Data Scientist / AI Enginee

r.Our client is building out a new data science and AI function focused on developing AI agent capabilities and embedding AI into business processes. This role will play a key part in shaping and delivering production-grade AI systems. This is a hands-on contract role suited to someone who can operate independently, take ownership, and deliver high-impact AI solutions in a fast-evolving environmen

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Responsibilit

• iesDesign and build LLM-powered AI agents and multi-agent systems for real-world business applicati
• onsDevelop agentic workflows, incorporating RAG, reasoning, planning, and tool orchestrat
• ionBuild and deploy production-grade GenAI systems, not just prototy
• pesIntegrate AI solutions into existing business systems, APIs, and workfl
• owsContribute to or establish MLOps frameworks (e.g. Databricks or similar environmen
• ts)Work closely with stakeholders to translate business problems into technical AI soluti
• onsOwn delivery end-to-end, operating with minimal supervis
• ionCommunicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakehold

ersSkills Nee

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  Strong experience delivering machine learning and AI sys
• temsStrong expertise in LLMs, Generative AI, and RAG sys
• temsProven experience building AI agents / agentic sys
• temsHands-on experience with LangGraph and/or similar framew
• orksStrong Python engineering skills with experience building scalable sys
• temsExperience with MLOps and ML platforming (e.g. Databricks or equival
• ent)Experience designing and deploying systems on cloud platforms (AWS prefer
• red)Strong understanding of system design, orchestration, and production constra
• intsAbility to work independently, take ownership, and proactively drive work for
• wardStrong communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and translate technical detail into business con