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# (Early Career) Information Scientist

- **Company:** Lorien
- **Location:** Slough, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £54,080.0 - £64,085.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Bioinformatics, Data Governance, Graph Database, Information Management, Information Sciences, Machine Learning, Metadata, Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, Data Processing, Data Analytics
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/early-career-information-scientist/57082281

## About the Role

* Degree in Life Sciences, Data Science, Bioinformatics, or a related discipline.
 * Basic programming skills with an interest in developing technical capabilities.
 * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
 * Interest in data-driven approaches to scientific research and information management.
 * Experience or exposure to NLP, machine learning, or scientific data analysis would be advantageous.
 * Familiarity with metadata, ontologies, or knowledge graphs would be beneficial., * Content Analytics
 * Information Scientist
 * Machine Learning
 * AI frameworks

## Description

* Develop and maintain programmatic workflows to support scientific data analysis.
 * Apply data science techniques to identify trends, patterns, and insights from scientific information.
 * Build and optimise automated pipelines for content analytics and data processing.
 * Utilise AI and natural language processing (NLP) tools for text mining and summarisation activities.
 * Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to support information and analytics projects.
 * Contribute to data governance initiatives and responsible AI practices.


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