Senior Data Scientist

We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here.

We don’t chase hype cycles. We innovate, build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical, product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence.

Our business, and reputation, is growing fast and we’re always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology.

AI is an epoch-defining technology, join a company where you’ll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications, and to make them happen.

About the team
The Faculty Frontier™ product is our ambitious vision to create the first enterprise-grade platform that unifies decision intelligence with AI Agents to optimise real-world outcomes of critical processes across large-scale organisations. You will work on highly complex and consequential problems across the real economy, with particular focus on healthcare and life sciences.

About the role
Join the Frontier team to shape the future of our Decision Intelligence Platform by delivering AI-powered digital twins that elevate organisational decision-making. As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll solve highly complex and consequential problems and help enterprise users interact with cutting-edge AI — with a strong focus on pharmaceutical and life sciences use cases. This is a unique, entrepreneurial role where you will drive real value by combining scientific rigor with a business-focused approach to advance our Decision Hub and AI Agent capabilities.

What you'll be doing:

• Designing and building agents in high-consequence environments, where outputs need to be validated to a high standard

• Leading data science efforts within cross-functional delivery teams — partnering with engineers, designers, and product leads for successful outcomes

• Understanding deeply core customer problems to ensure technical solutions drive real value

• Translating real-world problems into technical strategies and measuring impact with scientific rigor

• Performing exploratory data analysis, model building, validation, and performance monitoring

Who we're looking for:

• You have senior-level experience in data science or quantitative research

• You're proficient in Python and essential data science libraries (e.g. NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn)

• You possess a strong foundation in statistics and mathematics

• You're experienced across the full data science toolkit — including supervised/unsupervised learning, time-series analysis, Bayesian methods, NLP, and model validation — and can develop new algorithms when needed

• You have experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences sector

• You bring a leadership mindset centred on technical excellence, team growth, and a collaborative culture

• You exhibit scientific rigor and a business-focused approach: translating problems into technical strategies and measuring impact

• You're product-oriented, deeply understanding user needs and how Frontier can deliver value to them

• It would be great if you have experience building AI agents, following most recent best practices around evaluation, safety, and observability

The Interview Process

1. Talent Team Screen (30 minutes)

2. Hiring Manager Introduction (30 minutes)

3. Technical Interview (90 minutes)

4. Product Interview (60 minutes)

We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought, and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world in which we live. We’re united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions and sexual orientations.

Some of our standout benefits:

• Unlimited Annual Leave Policy

• Private healthcare and dental

• Enhanced parental leave

• Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working

• Sanctus Coaching

• Hybrid Working

If you don’t feel you meet all the requirements, but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths, please don't hesitate in applying as you might be right for this role, or other roles. We are open to conversations about part-time hours.