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£40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
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DATA SCIENTIST

£40,000 - £45,000

Belfast, UK

Are you a Belfast-based data scientist looking for the opportunity to work on a range of exciting projects across various industries, building end-to-end models using unstructured data?

THE COMPANY:

A data-science driven consultancy is growing out their data science team. They work on projects in different industries such as health care, social care, art, retail, and manufacturing providing solutions using data science.

THE ROLE:

The role of a Data Scientist will build end-to-end solutions using data science and analytics.

In specific, you can expect to be involved in the following:

  • You will be working closely with clients to understand their problems and deliver data science solutions
  • You will develop new data science products to be implemented with different clients
  • You will be working alongside colleagues to implement prescriptive, descriptive, and predictive analytics
  • You will be producing visualizations and technical reports

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

The successful Data Scientist will have the following skills and experience:

  • Educated to MSc/ BSc in a STEM degree
  • Genuine interest and enjoyment in solving problems with data science
  • Commercial experience building models in Python
  • Experience using Docker and Kubernetes is a bonus
  • Experience working developing NLP models
  • Experience in Software Development

THE BENEFITS:

The successful Data Scientist will receive a salary, dependent on experience, of between £40,000 to £45,000.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Francesca Curtis via the Apply link on this page.

Please note that our client is currently running a fully remote interview process and are able to outboard and hire remotely as well. This role is intended to be home working for the duration of the current government travel restrictions.

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