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AI & General Model Validation (AIGMV) provides independent technical challenge and review of the Group's most important ML and AI models, across business and support units.
See yourself in our team
As a Principal Data Scientist within the team, you will lead independent review, challenge and validation of ML, statistical and AI models across the Group, including GenAI and agentic systems. You will assess whether they are fit for purpose and operate as intended, and whether the risks they introduce are understood and appropriately controlled. This will involve:
We’re interested in hearing from people who:
Extensive experience in developing, evaluating or validating ML/AI, GenAI or statistical models, or equivalent depth
Deep working knowledge of GenAI and agentic architecture, enough to validate and challenge orchestrators, sub-agents, RAG pipelines, tool use, guardrails, multi-agent routing, memory and persona handling, and LLM-as-a-Judge
Advanced Python, with strong GitHub, version control and CI/CD experience. SQL, R or TypeScript is a plus.
Hands-on experience with AI coding agents, including Claude Code and Codex, and the ability to build and maintain skills, sub-agents, hooks and plugins that automate workflows.
Working knowledge of traditional machine learning models, including regression, random forests, XGBoost , and related evaluation methods, and the ability to validate and challenge them.
Demonstrated experience as the technical lead on projects, leading other data scientists through the work rather than as a people manager, including turning a complex system into a structured test plan
Practical experience with PyTorch and AWS SageMaker, and with GenAI tooling such as LangChain , LangGraph , OpenAI Agents SDK, Pydantic and Langfuse / HoneyHive
Degree in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Actuarial Science, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience
Working with us:
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