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Data Science Lead - LLM Agents

Harnham
Brighton
1 month ago
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Overview

Data Science Lead role at Harnham in Brighton, United Kingdom. The scale-up has developed an agentic AI platform used by major telcos to help customers discover the right products through conversational AI. The product already powers 8k+ daily user interactions and is expanding into new industries, backed by strong growth and investment.

Role summary

You will lead a team of Data Scientists and an MLE while remaining 80% technical. Expect to set architectural direction, deliver end-to-end ML systems, and work directly with clients to shape product outcomes.

Key responsibilities
  • Lead and mentor a growing DS/ML team (currently 3 DS + 1 MLE)
  • Architect and deliver scalable GenAI/ML solutions
  • Build agentic AI, RAG, NLP, and persona/sentiment modelling systems
  • Translate business needs into robust technical solutions
  • Deploy, optimise, and maintain production ML pipelines
  • Liaise with clients and internal stakeholders on AI capabilities
  • Working model: Hybrid – 1 day/week in Brighton (10 min walk from station, parking available)
  • Tech stack: Python, PyTorch, LangChain, Snowflake, AWS, Docker
Compensation
  • Base up to £100k
  • Life insurance
  • Medicash allowance (annual contribution towards medical costs, not private medical)
Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Engineering and Research
  • Industries: Software Development and Technology, Information and Media

Interested? Please apply below.


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