Lead AI / ML / Data Scientist
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Position Overview & Specifications
Part- time 16 hours per week
Remote
Founding Teams is a stealth AI Tech Incubator. We are supporting the next generation of AI startup founders with the resources they need including engineering, product, sales, marketing, and operations staff to create and launch their products.
The ideal candidate will have a passion for next-generation AI tech startups and working with great global startup talent.
Job Description
- Build prototype AI/ ML models and tools to help us understand our customers and create personalised customer recommendations across multiple use cases and productize solutions to scale
- Deeply understand customers, their behaviours and pain points, and develop a diversity of AI models addressing an array of customers’ needs
- Translate business needs into AI/ML problems and create innovative solutions to advance our business goals
- Determine the types and amount of data needed and work with data engineer to identify data sources and ingest into data lake
- Structure, standardise, and annotate data into processable formats for ML; enrich data with necessary attributes to allow sophisticated personalization
- Help shape the way our data science team does work - researching and making key decisions about what we build, how we build it, and which tools are best for solving our problems
- Work alongside software and data engineers to implement data processing and visualisation systems that make data readily available and simplify how insights are communicated
- Evaluate the performance of AI models and make tradeoffs against quality metrics
Investigate, and resolve performance issues in a timely manner
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, ML, statistics, Computer Science, Software/Data Engineering, or a related field
- Strong mathematical background in probability, statistics, and optimization algorithms.
- Experience in building machine learning models and deploying them to production to make real decisions, then measuring the impact of these decisions.
- Deep understanding of and have applied various machine learning techniques for solving real-world problems.
- Expertise with advanced programming skills in Python, Java or any of the major languages to build robust algorithms
- Proficient with SQL and can work “full stack” to integrate solutions with our data ecosystem
- Confident in taking ownership of projects from start to finish and enjoy the process of turning nebulous ideas into reality
- Excellent communication skills
- A self-starter who drives projects and builds strong relationships with stakeholders and teams to tackle large cross-functional efforts
- Thrive with minimal guidance and process
- Worked in both small teams/incubators and large corporations
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £105,898.93-£193,062.43 per year
Supplemental pay types:
- Commission pay
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Work Location: Remote
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Lead AI / ML / Data Scientist roles across Founding Teams's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £105,899 - £193,062 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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