Overview
As Data Scientist III, you design and validate Agentic AI-driven capabilities for Protégé in PatentSight, applying NLP, LLMs, and advanced ML to solve complex IP workflows. You work with engineers and IP experts to translate experiments into scalable, user-facing features. You’ll experiment with retrieval strategies and multi-step reasoning to deliver decision-ready insights. This role offers high-impact work at the intersection of patent data and AI-enabled decision support, within a collaborative and innovative team.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible hours
- wellbeing initiatives
- study assistance and sabbaticals
- private medical benefits
- pension scheme
- share option scheme
Responsibilities
- Develop NLP, LLM, and generative AI approaches (e.g., RAG, prompt strategies, patent search)
- Define agentic workflows and reasoning strategies for multi-step IP tasks
- Develop retrieval strategies including hybrid search (semantic + lexical) and evaluation metrics
- Analyze large-scale IP datasets to extract insights and improve model performance
- Establish best practices for model evaluation, validation, and benchmarking
- Translate experimental results into product recommendations with clear business impact
- Collaborate with product, IP experts, and engineers to align solutions with user needs
Key requirements
- Degree in a quantitative or technical field
- Strong experience in machine learning, NLP, and LLM-based modeling
- Strong experience designing and running experiments, including model evaluation and iteration
- Strong coding skills in Python
- Experience with generative AI techniques (e.g., prompt engineering, RAG)
- Experience designing and evaluating hybrid search using embeddings and vector databases
- Experience designing agentic workflows and applying agent frameworks (e.g., Google ADK, LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen)
- Proficiency in data analysis tools
- Strong foundation in statistics, modeling, and large-scale text processing
- collaboration
- communication
- problem-solving
- Python
- NLP
- LLM
Data Scientist III in London employer: RELX Group
At ICIS, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters curiosity and creativity. Our London-based team thrives in a fast-paced environment, providing ample opportunities for professional growth and the chance to become a recognised expert in the evolving energy market. With a commitment to employee well-being and a range of country-specific benefits, we ensure our staff are supported in their pursuit of meaningful and rewarding careers.
