Senior Data Scientist

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require a degree in a quantitative or technical field such as Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Data Science.
• We require strong experience in machine learning, NLP, and LLM-based modeling.
• We require strong experience designing and running experiments, including model evaluation and iteration.
• We require strong coding skills in Python.
• We require experience with generative AI techniques such as prompt engineering and RAG.
• We require experience designing and evaluating hybrid search using embeddings and vector databases.
• We require experience designing agentic workflows and reasoning strategies, with hands-on experience applying agent frameworks such as Google ADK, LangChain, LangGraph, or AutoGen in real-world use cases.
• We require proficiency in data analysis tools.
• We require a strong foundation in statistics, modeling, and large-scale text processing.

Responsibilities:

• We develop and implement NLP, LLM, and generative AI approaches such as RAG, prompt strategies, and patent search.
• We define agentic workflows and reasoning strategies for multi-step IP tasks.
• We develop retrieval strategies, including hybrid search and evaluation metrics such as relevance and ranking quality.
• We analyse large-scale IP datasets to extract insights and improve model performance.
• We establish best practices for model evaluation, validation, and benchmarking.
• We translate experimental results into clear product recommendations and business impact.
• We collaborate with product, IP experts, and engineers to align solutions with user needs.

Technologies:

• Agentic AI
• AI
• Support
• LLM
• Machine Learning
• Python
• RAG

More:

We are partnering directly with LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions to hire for this Senior Data Scientist I role. Our team is the global leader in patent intelligence, helping businesses, law firms, universities, and government agencies make better decisions faster with trusted patent data, advanced analytics, AI-powered insights, and purpose-built workflows. This role supports Protégé in PatentSight, our next-generation agentic AI assistant for strategic patent analysis. We offer a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence, along with flexible working hours, a healthy work/life balance, generous holiday allowance, wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, sabbaticals, private medical benefits, pension, life assurance, travel season ticket loan, electric vehicle scheme, optional dental insurance, employee assistance support, learning and development resources, employee discounts, and volunteer opportunities.

last updated 39 week of 2026