Overview
Senior Data Scientist with a GenAI focus – join Ascent to apply for the Senior Data Scientist with a GenAI focus role at Ascent. Data Science function hiring in: United Kingdom | Portugal | Malta | Bulgaria | Remote. Engagement: Full Time. Work preference: Hybrid, Office, or Remote.
About Us
We are Ascent, a digital transformation business that helps customers connect data, software, and purpose to create extraordinary outcomes. We specialize in software product development, analytics, data science, IoT solutions, machine learning, DevOps optimization, and modernization of applications, data, and platforms. We work with clients across industries including smart home devices, space, beer manufacturing, finance, ecology, and logistics. We promote a vibrant office community with a hybrid approach, prioritizing proximity to our central offices in Bristol and London while welcoming applicants from other UK areas.
About The Role
You will join our rapidly expanding data practice and be part of multi-disciplinary teams building Generative AI-based solutions for clients. You’ll work closely with customers to iterate, experiment, and prototype solutions for business challenges. This role requires a strong consultative approach, hands-on NLP and GenAI (RAG) expertise, and the ability to guide customers from early adoption to scale. You’ll have a solid understanding of the foundations for successful projects across infrastructure, business, data and AI, and serve as an anchor of the customer relationship. Empathy and credibility are key.
Skills And Experience Required
* 1+ years of focused LLM / GenAI and RAG project experience, preferably in a leadership role
* A data science background with NLP experience
* Fluent in Python, capable of rapid prototyping and delivering production-quality code
* Experience with Azure data services
* Familiar with best practices on model tuning, drift monitoring and optimisation
* Consulting and stakeholder management experience; ability to break down business problems and formulate technical solutions
What You Will Do
* Understand client requests and business processes to propose GenAI solutions for business challenges
* Extensive prompt engineering
* Chain-of-thought reasoning to build LLM-based solutions
* Resource Augmented Generation (RAG) including optimisation of chunking and metadata
* Follow Responsible AI principles
* Rapidly develop customer demonstrations to illustrate the art of the possible with GenAI
* Contribute to Ascent's GenAI methodology and accelerators
* Be a member of our Data Science and GenAI communities and help evolve Ascent’s GenAI capability and collateral
Working at Ascent
We promote a healthy work-life balance with flexible work locations. We support well-being with access to Well Being Coaches and commit to your professional development through training and certification, with regular feedback and review. We strive for a fun, supportive, modern workplace grounded in our values of Empathy, Energy and Audacity. Benefits vary by country.
Equal Opportunity
Ascent is an equal opportunities employer. We ensure inclusion and belonging and do not treat anyone less favorably for gender, pregnancy, maternity status, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, or disability. If you require reasonable accommodation, please let us know when you apply.
Contact
If you have questions, contact our Talent Acquisition team at ta.admin@ascent.io. For life at Ascent, see our Life Page. Ascent is now an Acuity Knowledge Partner Company.
Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
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