Data Scientist

Tata Consultancy Services
London
11 months ago
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Role:Data Scientist

Job Type:Permanent

Location:UK (Stevenage/London - Hybrid)

Number of hours:40 hours per week – full time (standard)


Ready to use yourskills in Data Mining?Do you haveexperience with building, testing, and deploying recommendation engines?

We have an exciting role for you to workas aData Scientist.


Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

  • Be part of an exciting team where you will be challenged every day.
  • Build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
  • Gain access to endless learning opportunities.


The Role

As aData Scientistyou will be solving real time business problems using Mathematical modelling, ML/AI and Gen AI and unlock the potential of data science for pharmaceutical industry and develop AI/ML solutions as per business requirements.


Key responsibilities:

  • Data mining or extracting usable data from valuable data sources.
  • Using machine learning deep leaning tools to select features, create and optimize classifiers.
  • Carrying out the preprocessing of structured and unstructured data.
  • Enhancing data collection procedures to include all relevant information for developing analytic systems.
  • Processing, cleansing, and validating the integrity of data to be used for analysis.
  • Analyzing large amounts of information to find patterns and solutions.
  • Developing prediction systems and machine learning algorithms
  • Presenting results in a clear manner.
  • Propose solutions and strategies to tackle business challenges.

Collaborate with Business and IT teams.


Your Profile

Essential skills/ experience:

  • Must have experience in building, testing, and deploying recommendation engines: collaborative filtering, hybrid approaches combining item/product similarity via Knowledge Graph, or similar methods.
  • Must have experience in building AI/ML models: supervised (e.g., regression, classification), unsupervised (e.g., clustering, dimensionality reduction), reinforcement learning, deep learning, and NLP.
  • Must have statistical/mathematical modelling expertise.
  • Must have experience with ML Ops: deployment, automation, and streamlining of ML models.
  • Must possess strong communication skills and domain knowledge in user behavior.
  • Must have experience with Azure platform and tool stacks like Databricks, ADF, ADLS. Nice to have knowledge on Knowledge graph, Neo4j/property graph.
  • Must have Generative AI experience.
  • Must have experience in Data Engineering.


Desirable knowledge:

Understanding and knowledge in ML deployment tools like MLFlow, SageMaker and VertexAI.

  • Nice to have knowledge on Knowledge graph, Neo4j/property graph
  • Nice to have knowledge in Azure ML, AI Search, OpenAI, LangChain.


Rewards & Benefits:

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.


Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We believe in building and sustaining a culture of equity and belonging where everyone can thrive. Our diversity and inclusion motto is ‘Inclusion without Exception’. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected across our workforce implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.

You’ll find a welcoming culture and many internal volunteering and social networks to join (these are optional). Our diversity, inclusion and social activities include 12 employee networks such as gender diversity, LGBTQIA+ & Allies, mental health, disability & neurodiversity inclusion and many more, as well as health & wellness initiatives and sports events and we sponsor the London Marathon.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

If you are an applicant who needs any adjustments to the application process or interview, please contact usatwith the subject line: “Adjustment Request” or callTCS London Officeto request an adjustment. We welcome requests prior to you completing the application and at any stage of the recruitment process.


Next Steps:

Due to a high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.


Application Process:

1. Online application > 2. Technical round > 3. Managerial discussion > 4. Client round > 5. HR discussion.


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