Senior Data Scientist, Faculty

About the Role

Join the [Employer hidden] team to shape the future of our Decision Intelligence Platform by delivering AI-powered digital twins that elevate organisational decision-making. As a Senior Data Scientist, solving highly complex and consequential problems and helping enterprise users interact with cutting-edge AI. This is a unique, entrepreneurial role where you will drive real value by combining scientific rigor with a business-focused approach to advance our AI Agent and Decision Hub capabilities.

Designing and building agents in high-consequence environments, where outputs need to be validated to a high standard.

Performing exploratory data analysis, model building, validation, and performance monitoring.

Leading data science efforts within cross-functional delivery teams—partnering with engineers, designers, and product leads for successful outcomes.

Understanding deeply core customer problems to ensure technical solutions drive real value.

Translating real-world problems into technical strategies and measuring model impact with scientific rigor.

Who you are

• You have senior-level experience in data science or quantitative research
• You’re proficient in Python and essential libraries (NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn), plus familiarity with a deep-learning framework (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch)
• You possess a strong foundation in statistics and mathematics
• You’re experienced across the full data science toolkit—including supervised/unsupervised learning, time-series, Bayesian methods, and model validation—and can develop new algorithms when needed
• You bring a leadership mindset centred on technical excellence, team growth, and a collaborative culture
• You exhibit scientific rigor and a business-focused approach: translating problems into technical strategies and measuring model impact
• You’re product-oriented, deeply understanding user needs and how [Employer hidden] can deliver value to them
• It would be great if you had experience building and evaluating agents using eval-driven development (although not a must-have)
• If you don’t feel you meet all the requirements, but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths, please don't hesitate in applying as you might be right for this role, or other role

Application Process

• Talent Team Screen (30 minutes)
• Technical Interview (90 minutes)
• Commercial Interview (60 minutes)

Salary Benchmarks

Data Scientist

Expert: £140k

Senior: £60k - £130k

Company Benefits

• Dental cover - 100% of dental fees covered, up to £500, including checkups and hygienist.
• Optical Cover - 100% of the cost of prescribed glasses and contact lenses up to £300 a year.
• Hybrid working: We believe people have needs, responsibilities and interests that require something different to a strict working day. We trust people to organise and take accountability for their own work and do our best to support their lives outside Faculty. We provide you with all you need to work from home, including a laptop, keyboard and chair.
• Unlimited holidays: We encourage each other to use this time to take a break, work on personal projects, or to spend time with their friends and family
• Fantastic private health, for you & your family - including 24/7 unlimited virtual private GP appointments and covering pre-existing medical conditions
• Access to mental health coaching with Sanctus
• Lunch weekly, and more fruit, drinks and snacks than you could ever eat (for office-based employees)
• We work hard and make sure we enjoy what we do. So we have frequent socials and informal get-togethers to help make sure you enjoy your time with us. You’ll make friends and professional connections that will last a lifetime
• Paid Maternity, Paternity, Adoption or Shared Parental Leave - we offer a progressive, gender neutral and generous parental leave policy here at Faculty. All parents are given 15 weeks leave at full pay in addition to statutory time off after 12 months of service.