Data Scientist

Job Title: Data Scientist - Databricks AI Platform Buildout

Contract Details: Contract | 16 Weeks | July Start | Up to £650/day

Company Overview

SR2 is partnering with an exciting client delivering a cutting-edge AI Platform Buildout and is looking for an experienced Data Scientist with deep Databricks AI expertise to join the implementation team.

Job Opportunity

This is an opportunity to work on a large-scale AI platform programme, helping build production-ready AI capabilities using the latest Databricks AI and LLM tooling.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing Databricks AI platform capabilities
• Building Bronze, Silver and Gold Medallion architecture using Delta Lake
• Developing AI agents, vector databases and AI-powered workflows
• Processing and enriching structured and unstructured datasets
• Deploying production-ready AI and LLM solutions
• Building prompt management and context engineering solutions
• Developing lightweight Front End applications using AI coding assistants
• Collaborating within an experienced consulting delivery team

Requirements

• 4+ years' commercial Data Science experience
• 2+ years' consulting experience
• Strong experience delivering AI/LLM solutions into production
• Excellent Databricks experience including:
• PySpark
• Delta Lake
• Unity Catalog
• MLflow
• AI Gateway
• AI Search
• Databricks Apps
• AI Functions
• Prompt Management
• Agentic Frameworks
• Python expertise
• GitHub version control and pull request workflow
• CI/CD experience using GitHub or Azure DevOps
• Already Databricks DPP vetted (essential)