Thinking Beyond Limitations
Principal Data Scientist
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
12 days ago
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0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Data Scientist
Kainos
Role Description As a Principal Data Scientist at Kainos, you will be accountable for the successful delivery of large-scale, high-impact AI solutions that leverage state-of-the-art machine learning, generative, and agentic AI technologies. You will help set the direction for AI and data science across the business, driving the adoption of modern AI development practices and scalable, cloud-native architectures at enterprise scale. - Provide technical and thought leadership, engaging with C-level and senior stakeholders to define architectural principles and strategic direction. - Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and engineering excellence—both within Kainos and across the wider industry. - Lead, mentor, and develop a community of data scientists, AI engineers, and technical managers, ensuring the adoption of robust standards and responsible AI practices. - Build enduring customer relationships and proactively develop new alliances with technology partners. - Shape Kainos’ commercial AI offerings and embed commercial acumen to influence account strategies. - Ensure customers get measurable business value from AI investments. Qualifications - Proven track record of accountability for the delivery of complex, production-grade AI/ML solutions at scale. - Demonstrable experience of technical leadership in AI delivery. - Deep expertise in developing and assuring advanced AI/ML models, including time series, supervised/unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, LLMs, and agentic AI. - Experience with the latest AI engineering approaches such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and orchestration of agentic AI systems. - Expertise in data engineering for AI: handling large-scale, unstructured, and multimodal data, and integrating non-traditional data sources. - Deep understanding of responsible AI principles, model interpretability, and ethical considerations, with a track record of influencing policy and standards. - Ability to communicate and negotiate with C-level and senior stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into business value. - Experience in developing and executing account strategies, shaping commercial AI offerings, and driving business development in partnership with sales and account managers. - Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing teams and wider AI and data science communities. - Strong commercial acumen with a history of influencing the commercial success of AI products and solutions. Requirements - Experience with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow), fine-tuning or distillation of LLMs (e.g., GPT, Llama, Claude, Gemini), and advanced ML libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, XGBoost). - Experience with data storage for AI, vector databases, semantic search, and knowledge graphs. - Active contribution to open-source AI projects, research publications, and industry events/websites. - Familiarity with AI security, privacy, and compliance standards (e.g., ISO 42001). Benefits - Supportive and inclusive work environment. - Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth. - Engagement in diverse and innovative projects. Company Description Kainos is recognised as one of the UK’s leading AI and data businesses, with a decade-long track record of delivering impactful, production-grade AI solutions for clients across government, healthcare, defence, and commercial sectors. Kainos is at the forefront of AI innovation, trusted by Microsoft, AWS, and others to deliver advanced AI and data solutions at citizen scale. - 150-strong AI and Data Practice with deep expertise in machine learning, generative AI, agentic AI, and data. - Pioneers in responsible AI, having authored the UK government’s AI Cyber Security Code of Practice implementation guide. - Commitment to ethical, secure, and measurable AI deployment.
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