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# Principal AI Data Scientist

- **Company:** AI-UK
- **Location:** Kettering, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Software Coding
- **Published:** September 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/ai-data-scientist/ai-uk-job108050649

## About the Role

You bring deep domain expertise within Defence or other industries, allowing you to quickly spot opportunities and maximise impact.

You enjoy mentoring junior colleagues and have prior direct management experience, inspiring them to continually stretch and grow their technical skill.

You bring broad knowledge across a range of machine learning techniques, including experience building Generative AI and agentic AI applications with Large Language Models

You have advanced coding skills in Python and proven experience building and maintaining scalable codebases.

You excel at making pragmatic decisions, choosing optimal solutions based on time, resources, and complexity.

You are an engaging communicator who builds trust effortlessly with senior stakeholders and technical counterparts.

## Description

As a Principal Data Scientist at Faculty, you will drive high impact transformation within our Defence team by taking ownership of complex machine learning delivery and sector specific strategy. You will act as a trusted technical authority and domain expert, leading project scoping, technical selling, and client management to deliver exceptional value. Balancing deep business knowledge with advanced analytical skill, you will shape cutting edge AI solutions, build robust client partnerships, and mentor data scientists across ambitious initiatives.

What you'll be doing:

Owning and growing a strategic portfolio of machine learning work specifically tailored to the Defence sector.

Translating client challenges into technical roadmaps by leading project scoping, delivery, and client engagement.

Writing exemplary, production grade code to set technical standards on our most sophisticated delivery projects.

Serving as a technical authority on machine learning across Faculty and representing our capabilities within the wider community.

Partnering with commercial and delivery teams to drive technical selling, pitching, and business growth.

Mentoring and guiding junior data scientists through complex problem solving, technical planning, and execution.


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