Lead Data Scientist
KainosBelfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom • United Kingdom
Posted January 12, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Kainos is recognised as one of the UK’s leading AI and data businesses, with a decade-long track record of delivering impactful, production-grade AI solutions for clients across government, healthcare, defence, and commercial sectors.
Job Description
Join Kainos and Shape the Future at the forefront of AI innovation, trusted by Microsoft, AWS, and others to deliver advanced AI and data solutions at citizen scale.
Requirements
- A minimum of a 2.1 degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Statistics or in a similar quantitative field.
- Have a deep understanding and developing of AI/ML models, including time series, supervised/unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning and LLMs.
- Experience with the latest AI engineering approaches such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic AI.
- Strong Python skills with a grounding in software engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, code reviews etc).
- Expertise in data engineering for AI: handling large-scale, unstructured, and multimodal data.
- Understanding of responsible AI principles, model interpretability, and ethical considerations.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead client projects and establish requirements in non-technical language.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities for career growth and development
- Collaborative and diverse work environment
- Flexible working arrangements
- Access to the latest AI and data technologies