A silver circle law firm is seeking a dynamic and innovative Data Scientist with particular strengths and interests in the real-life application of LLMs, generative AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) in legal and professional services. You would join our growing team and drive transformative solutions for both our organisation and our clients.
Your Roles and Responsibilities:
• Take charge of challenging, client-facing projects and being actively involved in growing our business from day one
• Working as part of an agile multi-functional team to plan and execute projects that address challenges faced by our clients and our business
• Contributing to processing pipelines that turn legal documents into data and creating useful data sets by combining data from several sources. Subjecting these data sets to rigorous analysis, while identifying and addressing challenges around data quality
• Helping to develop and apply LLM technology to meet business needs
• Being a subject matter expert on data engineering, natural language processing and machine learning, whether in client meetings or internal discussions
• Employ technical expertise to support the team in identifying and securing new business opportunities
• Actively share skills and expertise to contribute to the professional development of the wider team
We’re looking for someone who:
• has a Masters or Ph.D. in quantitative field such as Computer Science, Data Science
• has specific natural language processing expertise, and experience of applying and manipulating LLM in data science projects
• can work confidently with at least one common language used for manipulating data (e.g. Python, R) and familiar with LLM libraries (e.g. langchain)
• has some understanding of generative AI technologies in terms of training and fine-tuning language models and regarding good Prompt Engineering
• has used machine learning to solve real problems for clients or stakeholders
• is able to talk confidently about the principles underlying your approach to solving a technical challenge
• demonstrates an independent, pro-active and confident approach to managing project-based work
• can define an approach from gathered requirements and articulate and execute your own vision
• is comfortable and adept at navigating competing priorities, resolving ambiguity and managing demanding expectations under pressure
• has excellent stakeholder management skills and can communicate advanced concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• is able to work in cross-functional teams, collaborating with domain experts, engineers and other stakeholders
• wants to be part of a diverse and inclusive team; you have good interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively relate to individuals at all levels
It would also be great, but not essential, if you have:
• experience of working in an agile team
• worked with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
• a working knowledge of Git and version control principles
• knowledge of popular deep learning frameworks such as Hugging Face Transformers library
• experience of building LLM applications
• experience of working with legal or other business professionals
• confidence when speaking, able to share your knowledge and skills with colleagues and perhaps even larger audiences
Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates
