Data Scientist

Napier AI

Job Location:

Belfast - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Imagine catching criminals before they strikethats exactly what Napiers AI-powered platform does! By analysing transactions and customers in real time Napier AIs technology empowers financial institutions to spot suspicious activity like money laundering and stops it in its tracks.

Napier AIs technology works like a digital detective combining AI with smart analytics to outthink criminals and protect peoples money from becoming criminal proceeds. Its not just about stopping crimeits about making the financial world safer and more trustworthy for everyone.

Collaboration innovation and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to bring your career to Napier. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality creativity and opportunity in everything we do.

After successfully securing PI investment to fuel our ongoing growth and to further invest in our AI products we are currently building out our Tech Hub in Belfast - this is a super exciting time to join Napier in Belfast as we expand.

The Role: Data Scientist

You will already be an experienced data scientist with a STEM background who has created novel AI solutions to complex problems. You will have experience in Python development / prototyping including pandas numpy sklearn tensorflow pytorch pyspark and you will have engaged with clients to understand their data and addition you will have an in-depth understanding of Machine learning (supervised and unsupervised learning classification clustering) and explainability techniques.

Working with the Chief Data Scientist data science team other teams within Napier and Clients you will install and tune existing AML models and develop new ones (supervised and unsupervised) to solve emerging problems in the anti-money laundering landscape. Collaborating with clients you will help them to improve efficiencies in their compliance processes reduce false positives and false negatives in their risk identification processes by analysing their data and highlighting risks from automated analysis. You will also build prototypes aimed at ingesting clients data and running machine learning models. You will actively work with product and development teams to continuously build Napiers platform.

Your day to day: Data Scientist

Design develop and deploy machine learning models to address complex challenges in the AML/financial crime space
Install configure and optimise existing AML models ensuring strong performance and accuracy
Build new models and approaches to tackle emerging risks and evolving regulatory requirements
Work closely with clients to understand their data challenges and compliance requirements
Analyse client datasets to identify risk patterns reduce false positives/negatives and improve detection outcomes
Develop data science prototypes to ingest client data and run machine learning models
Collaborate with the Chief Data Scientist and wider data science team to advance modelling capabilities
Partner with product and engineering teams to continuously enhance Napiers platform and data capabilities
Apply machine learning techniques including classification clustering and anomaly detection
Ensure models are interpretable and leverage explainability techniques to support client and regulatory understanding
Use Python and relevant libraries (e.g. pandas numpy scikit-learn TensorFlow PyTorch PySpark) for development and experimentation
Contribute to innovation by creating novel AI-driven solutions to complex data problems

Do you have what it takes

Python/Go experience (at least 5 years)
Understanding of the statistical underpinnings of data science
Experience in data analytics manipulation and transformation (e.g. pandas pyspark. Etc.)
Develop machine learning algorithms (supervised unsupervised clustering etc.) to score data to identify patterns within an IDE
Ability to produce production ready code deployed in containers (docker) in collaboration with a team
Experience with PostGreSQL and efficient computation
Experience in one or more of: time series modelling graph knowledge base models named entity recognition RAG
Ability to express complex ideas to a non-data audience
Knowledge and experience in Go would be very beneficial

Why Napier

Comprehensive private healthcare through AXA covering optical audio & dental.
25 days of annual leave bank holidays your birthday and a wellness day
Dedicated pension plan through Aviva
Life Insurance 4x your annual salary
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
Income protections policy
Work from anywhere for up to 1 month
Access to our employee wellbeing programme.
Gym membership discounts.
Flexibility in work schedules and locations ensuring a work-life balance.
- This role can be fulfilled either with a hybrid approach or fully in-office depending on your preference.
An open and flexible culture that allows you to work in the best way for you.

Please note applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom. We are unable to offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

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