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# Data Scientist (Contract)

- **Company:** YourShortlist
- **Location:** Glasgow, UK
- **Salary:** £156,000.0 - £182,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, BigQuery, Data Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Standard Sql, Google Cloud, Feature Engineering, Model Validation
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5866218215

## About the Role

* A proven commercial track record taking ML models from prototype through to production
 * Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery and Vertex AI
 * Strong Python and SQL skills
 * Experience in feature engineering, statistical validation and model evaluation
 * Comfortable working with messy, imperfect real-world data rather than clean benchmark datasets
 * Able to explain model outputs clearly to both technical and commercial audiences
Experience with B2B sales, outbound, CRM or conversation intelligence data would be a bonus, but isn't essential.

## Description

We're looking for an experienced Data Scientist to take an ML capability from prototype through to production. This is a hands-on delivery role, rather than a research position.
The details

 * £600-£700 per day, depending on experience
 * Outside IR35
 * Glasgow based, with hybrid working
 * Starting September 2026
 * Initial 14-week contract, with potential to extend
What you'll do

 * Define clean, modelling-ready datasets and build robust validation around them
 * Train and optimise models across multiple B2B datasets, including ranking and weighting
 * Build scoring outputs, reporting and visualisations that commercial teams can act on
 * Retrain, test and refine models against live data as volumes scale
 * Work closely with CRM and SDR teams to embed outputs into day-to-day processes
 * Help establish the processes and infrastructure needed to make ML repeatable and scalable

If you're a Data Scientist who enjoys taking models out of the notebook and making them work in the real world, we'd like to hear from you.


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