Data Scientist - Agentic AI (Hybrid) in Belfast

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. For more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs.

Your role in the team:

As a Data Scientist in Allstate's AI Risk, Governance and Research area, you'll support the development and maintenance of data driven agentic solutions, working under the guidance of senior team members across the full lifecycle—from data collection and exploratory analysis to model/agent development, deployment, and monitoring. You will build foundational experience designing and implementing AI agents and cloud-based AI solutions, while learning how to maintain scalable AI systems in production environments. You'll collaborate across teams to learn and apply established best practices and reusable components, helping ensure consistent and high-quality execution of agents. As a team member, you'll contribute to the development and deployment of machine learning and AI solutions, with exposure to observability, security, and efficient LLM utilization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn and apply LLMs, programming languages, and tools used by the team to improve efficiency and solve business problems.
• Assist in exploring new data sources, research, and models under direction from senior team members.
• Support project planning efforts by breaking down AI/predictive modeling and development tasks into manageable subtasks, tracking progress and meeting assigned deadlines.
• Execute analytical and modeling tasks as part of a larger project team.
• Apply standard best practices to develop statistical and machine learning techniques to build models that address business needs and improve data quality and decision making.
• Review and discuss AI/modeling techniques and results with peers and mentors, clearly communicating findings and incorporating feedback.
• Contribute to stakeholder communications by preparing summaries, documentation, and analysis to support senior team members in influencing business partners and leaders.
• Work with guidance to understand business problems and requirements and help identify appropriate modeling approaches.
• Assist in developing prototypes and frameworks that integrate data and machine learning/predictive modeling into business decision making processes.

Essential Skills:

• All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
• A minimum of 3 years of hands-on, practical experience using Python for data analysis, modelling, and building production ready solutions, along with experience using other modern data science tools (R, SQL, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Working knowledge or coursework exposure to CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), observability concepts, and cloud security fundamentals.
• Introductory experience or strong interest in AI agent development using at least one framework (e.g., Azure AF, AWS Strands, Google ADK, LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK).

Desirable Skills:

• Interest in or exposure to risk management or AI governance concepts.
• Exposure to AWS Bedrock and/or Azure Foundry through projects, coursework, or on-the-job experience.
• Basic familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and tools for provisioning and managing cloud resources.
• Familiarity with building no-code/low-code agents using M365.
• A degree of any level in a quantitative field such as mathematics, physics or computer science with classification of 2.1 or higher (or equivalent).

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job does not have supervisory duties.

Why join us?

Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate's European Digital Centre of Excellence—recent winners of 'Best Use of Cloud Services' at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2024, and recognised for our community and sustainability impact at the 2024 Business in the Community Awards and Gold accreditation for Environmental Responsibility. We're a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value.

We offer:

• A generous, flexible benefits package including annual leave, healthcare and dental cover, pension, and lifestyle discounts.
• Access to world-class learning platforms and award-winning L&D.
• Clear career paths, internal mobility, and a strong focus on growth.
• A people-first culture with flexible working options.
• Be part of a high-performing, socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose, and your growth is supported every step of the way.

Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities:

Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability. We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit. Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position.

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