Latest applied scientist Jobs

Applied Scientist, Ads Brand Safety and Suitability

This role involves building and deploying AI systems to detect unsafe, unsuitable, or policy-violating content across digital advertising inventory. You'll develop low-latency, LLM-powered classification models that operate at internet scale, making real-time decisions across text, images, audio, and video to protect advertiser trust. The work combines frontier AI research with large-scale production engineering to combat evolving synthetic and adversarial content.

Amazon London, United Kingdom

Permanent

Applied Scientist, Advertising

This role involves designing and implementing deep learning models to improve ad matching across Amazon's programmatic advertising platform. The scientist will leverage customer behavior and contextual data to predict conversion propensity, enhancing campaign outcomes at massive scale. Work includes rapid prototyping, model optimization, and close collaboration with engineering teams in a high-throughput, low-latency environment.

Amazon London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Applied Scientist Lead - Computer Vision

Lead a team of applied scientists focused on computer vision and machine learning, developing production-grade models for document understanding, vision-language systems, and efficient on-device inference. Work at the intersection of research and product, advancing state-of-the-art techniques like distillation and quantisation while shipping models into global identity verification systems used by banks and fintechs.

Entrust London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Applied Scientist - All Levels

Conduct research to develop physical foundation models using machine learning for engineering applications, translating complex physics problems into mathematical formulations. Collaborate with ML engineers, simulation experts, and customers to build AI-driven simulation tools that solve real-world challenges in advanced industries. Publish findings in top-tier venues and guide technical direction through experimentation and innovation.

PhysicsX United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Applied Scientist I

Design and train machine learning models for digital identity verification, focusing on deepfake detection, bias mitigation, document understanding, and efficient on-device ML. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deploy scalable models and publish research in top-tier venues. Work with large-scale vision-language models, synthetic data, and multimodal systems to enhance fraud detection and identity assurance.

Entrust London, United Kingdom

Research Scientist, Wayve Labs

This role involves advancing embodied AI for autonomous driving through research in world modeling, reinforcement learning, and 3D spatial understanding. The scientist will develop foundation models, scalable decision-making systems, and sim-to-real transfer techniques, working at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, and simulation. The position emphasizes long-horizon prediction, cross-embodiment learning, and evaluation framework development in a research-driven environment.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

AI/ML Engineer

Develops novel AI/ML solutions in computer vision, NLP, LLMs, and reinforcement learning, translating academic research into production-grade systems for national security and defence applications. Works across the full R&D lifecycle, from experimentation to deployment, while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to technical proposals. Operates in a multidisciplinary team with a strong engineering focus.

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler Romsey, Hampshire, United Kingdom £65,000 pa

Senior Data Science Consultant

As a Senior Data Science Consultant, you will lead and support the delivery of AI, GenAI, and data science projects, working closely with clients to solve complex business challenges. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, demonstrate the value of AI through workshops and presentations, and contribute to business growth through proposals and thought leadership.

Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions London, United Kingdom £60,000 – £70,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent

Senior Data Scientist

This role involves designing and building Generative AI and LLM-based solutions for synthetic data generation and data augmentation. You will work closely with Product and Engineering to take models from experimentation to production, ensuring data quality and reliability, and communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment London, United Kingdom £80,000 – £95,000 pa

Remote Permanent

Data Scientist (Platform Development)

This role involves leading the development of data science pipelines and methodologies within a life science start-up. Responsibilities include algorithm development, maintaining data analysis pipelines, and implementing best practices in data analysis to generate insights from scientific data.

ECM Selection Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Senior Applied Engineer

Develop and scale physical foundation models for AI-driven engineering simulation, bridging research and production. Work across the full stack from distributed training on multi-GPU cloud infrastructure to robust software implementation, collaborating with scientists and engineers to solve real-world physics problems. Contribute to reusable libraries and mentor team members in a high-impact, research-led environment.

PhysicsX United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Data Scientist (AI & Conversational Analytics)

Data Scientist (AI & Conversational Analytics)Hybrid - 1 day per week in officeA leading global organisation is seeking an experienced Data Scientist to help shape the future of enterprise analytics and AI-enabled decision making.This is a unique opportunity to play...

Huxley Associates London, United Kingdom £90,000 – £110,000 pa

Data Scientist – Computational Genomics, 12-month

This role involves applying and developing machine learning and statistical models to analyse multi-omics and genomics datasets, with a focus on target identification and validation in drug discovery. The Data Scientist will work at the intersection of genetics, machine learning, and functional biology, integrating large-scale human genetics and single-cell data to uncover disease mechanisms. Collaboration with experimental and computational teams is central, with an emphasis on scalable workflows, hypothesis validation, and scientific communication.

Relation Therapeutics London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Data Scientist

This role involves building and deploying pricing models to drive revenue growth, using causal inference and statistical rigor to evaluate pricing decisions. The data scientist will work across revenue management, CRM, and machine learning engineering, delivering quick wins and advancing the model roadmap with minimal ramp-up time. Key focus areas include applying quasi-experimental methods to real-world pricing data and managing concurrent workstreams in a dynamic environment.

The Guardian London, United Kingdom

Lead Data Scientist

Lead a team of data scientists to design and deliver high-impact, production-grade AI solutions for clients in highly regulated sectors such as finance and professional services. Drive technical direction, lead complex project scoping, and act as a trusted advisor to clients while shaping best practices and mentoring junior staff. Work across the full project lifecycle from feasibility to deployment, balancing innovation, speed, and reliability in real-world applications of machine learning.

Faculty AI London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent