Lead Data Scientist

London · On-site

About this role

Who We Are

Fulcrum Digital is an agile and next-generation digital accelerating company providing digital transformation and technology services right from ideation to implementation. These services have applicability across a variety of industries, including banking & financial services, insurance, retail, higher education, food, healthcare, and manufacturing.


We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. This role is pivotal in ensuring the resilience, performance, and operational excellence of our enterprise-grade virtualised application estate. The ideal candidate brings deep DevOps heritage — spanning both build and run phases — and excels at driving automation at scale across CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, and operational tooling.

Requirements

This job independently executes key elements of projects/processes within the Data Science area by applying in-depth knowledge of their discipline and area best practices to effectively resolve problems and roadblocks as they occur.

  • Designs, develops, and reviews scalable machine learning models and statistical solutions to address complex business challenges, ensuring alignment with organizational standards.
  • Refines and optimizes models through advanced feature engineering, hyperparameter tuning, and validation to ensure high performance and robustness.
  • Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including AI/ML Engineering, to support model deployment, scaling, and operationalization.
  • Provides technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, reviewing their work for quality and best practices.
  • Translates complex data insights into strategic recommendations for senior leadership, supporting decision-making and innovation.
  • Contributes to the development of best practices, standards, and knowledge sharing within the team.
  • Documents models, processes, and methodologies to ensure reproducibility and ongoing improvement.
  • May contribute to solution development for new products/services and/or manage smaller project/initiatives as an experienced individual contributor with specialized knowledge within the Data Science area.


Company at a glance

Founded in 1999, Fulcrum Digital is a global system integrator driving transformative results through AI-powered solutions. We implement, integrate, and grow ecosystems across industries, delivering high-quality outcomes at a fraction of the cost. Specializing in AI, Creative, Infrastructure, and e-commerce services, we empower businesses in Insurance, Financial Services, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, and Logistics to thrive.

Our Core Platforms

  • FD Ryze: Our Generative AI SaaS solution that enables businesses to integrate LLMs, neuro readers, AI computing, and intelligent chatbots across various industries and functions. This integration enhances both internal workflows and customer-facing interactions by leveraging the full potential of artificial intelligence.
  • FulcrumOne: A low-code platform with 130+ ready-made components, designed to simplify development and launch products 1.5x faster while cutting costs by up to 30%.

From financial services to education, consumer products to e-commerce, we work alongside you—digging deep into your challenges, helping you implement smarter strategies, and setting you up with platforms that solve today’s problems and are ready for tomorrow’s opportunities.

Let’s get started and see what we can build together.

Founded1999
Team Size1,001-5,000 employees
WorkspaceOn-site
IndustryIT Services and IT Consulting
Location
City of London, England, United Kingdom

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