Data Scientist - NLP

M+C Saatchi World Services is seeking a Data Scientist specializing in NLP to design, build, and scale production-grade language systems that transform how our products understand, retrieve, and generate text.

Requirements

• Solid experience in applied NLP or machine learning roles
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience building production systems
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar)
• Experience building RAG systems including loaders, text splitting, embedding models, and vector stores
• Solid understanding of NLP fundamentals: embeddings, semantic similarity, text classification, and evaluation
• Experience with prompt engineering and structured output parsing
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: version control, testing, code review, documentation
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 27 days holiday per year
• Pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Discounted dental insurance
• Enhanced maternity/parental leave
• Cultural stimulation allowance - £250 per person per year
• Half days off before bank holidays
• Emergency care days for dependants
• Up to 5 days volunteering leave per year to work for a registered charity
• Up to 10 days special emergency leave per year
• Season Ticket loan
• Payroll Giving Scheme
• Thursday drinks to unwind and socialize
• Annual Summer and Christmas party
• Inclusive bank holidays
• Learning opportunities around D&I
• Targeted mentoring programmes
• Employee Led Networks and associated events