Senior Data Scientist (12 month FTC) Data & Analytics
Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: London, Glasgow, Salford or Newcastle. This is a hybrid role, and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.
Job Reference: 19739
Band: D
Salary: up to £65,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract: 12 months (parental leave cover)
THE ROLETo help drive this effort, we're looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join the Content Publishing Data Science team as a 12-month fixed term contract parental leave cover position. The successful candidate will help to provide technical leadership to this team across several exciting projects, working with editorial colleagues to build AI for content production.
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will work hands-on to deliver value to BBC audiences by developing machine learning products at scale. We are looking for individuals who combine a breadth of knowledge with deep specialism in one or two areas.
Main ResponsibilitiesYou will be a senior contributor in a highly cross-functional team, working to build machine learning products end to end. Recent projects include:
Fine-tuning and deploying open-source large language models on use cases that assist journalists and build audience engagement.Developing and deploying ML models to generate article metadata and improve the workflows of hundreds of journalists worldwide.Working with news editors to develop ML solutions that improve content discoverability for BBC front pages.Senior Data Scientists at the BBC are expected to have an impact both within their immediate team and across the wider BBC data science community: setting technical best practice, mentoring junior colleagues and shaping culture and ways of working.
Are you the right candidateEssential criteria: Extensive hands-on experience in data science and machine learning.Strong coding skills, ideally in Python.Proven track record contributing to or leading on machine learning projects.Ability to clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.Ability to work effectively in a cross functional team.Desirable experience: Working with large language models.Cloud services, ideally AWS.MLOps, e.g. model deployment, versioning and monitoring.Software engineering best practices such as testing and code management and deployment.Delivering ML projects end-to-end and working with engineers to put models into production.Mentorship of more junior colleagues.You are encouraged to apply even if you don't meet every one of the criteria above!
About the BBCThe BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
DISCLAIMERThis job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance.
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