Senior Data Scientist (Contract) – Forecasting + Modern NLP (BERT) Remote (UK / EU) | Outside IR35 | 6 months (likely extension) A leading UK platform is hiring 2 x Data Scientists to stabilise and improve production ML models while supporting key NLP projects. This is a hands‑on applied DS role, not a generic GenAI / LLM position. You’ll Work On Applied DS (core)

Forecasting (demand / volume) Propensity, churn, classification Tree‑based models & classical ML Handling imbalanced datasets Debugging, retraining & maintaining 13 production models

Modern NLP (secondary but required)

Transformer‑based text classification (BERT / DistilBERT / RoBERTa) Fine‑tuning classification heads Embeddings + cosine similarity search Supporting LLM‑adjacent work (not deep RAG)

Tech

Python, sklearn, XGBoost / LightGBM, HuggingFace Transformers, BERT-family models, embeddings, cloud‑based ML, CI / CD awareness.

What They’re Looking For

Strong applied DS experience (forecasting + classification) Real production ownership (maintaining / debugging live models) Modern NLP experience with BERT-family models Familiarity with embeddings & similarity search Able to ramp up quickly and operate independently

Details

Outside IR35 / B2B Remote – UK / EU time zones One‑stage technical interview (+ short follow‑up) Start ASAP (December preferred)

If you have strong applied DS fundamentals plus hands‑on transformer NLP experience, feel free to apply or message me. #J-18808-Ljbffr