Senior Data Scientist

• You'll use your technical skills to deliver value to BBC audiences, blending a breadth and depth of data science expertise.
• You'll have impact within your immediate team and beyond, across the wider BBC, instrumental in developing scalable ML products.
• You'll bring experience of being an effective contributor in a cross-functional team, working with others to overcome the challenges of delivering ML in production.
• You'll be responsible for using your knowledge of different machine learning algorithms to solve complex problems effectively.
• You'll join the wider BBC Data Science community, with internal and external opportunities to get involved and share your knowledge.

• A strong understanding of data science and machine learning techniques, including recent advances and their applications for implementation in a production environment.
• Good general programming skills, particularly in python, including knowledge of code management and deployment.
• The ability to contribute effectively in a cross-functional team, including the ability to prioritise and work in a structured manner.
• The ability to communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Desired But Not Required

• A proven track record of delivering value in production.
• Experience developing ML/AI solutions within a cloud computing platform - we use AWS.
• An understanding of NLP techniques.
• An understanding of Generative AI techniques, notably LLMs, including recent advances and their applications for responsible implementation in a production environment.
• Experience with model lifecycle management and MLOps.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £58,000 - £68,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

The BBC has been serving audiences online for decades, across key products such as BBC iPlayer. As we evolve to deliver more personalised content and experiences, Data Science is at the heart of that transformation.