Overview
As a Senior Data Scientist I, you will shape Agentic AI capabilities for Protégé in PatentSight to empower strategic patent analysis. You will guide the design and validation of NLP, LLM-driven features and discovery workflows, translating experiments into scalable, customer-facing solutions. You’ll work closely with engineers, IP experts, and product teams to ensure analytics deliver decision-ready insights grounded in trusted patent data. This role offers impact at scale, balancing rigorous evaluation with practical product impact.
Pay / Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Private medical benefits
- Wellbeing programs
- Life assurance
- Contributory pension scheme
- Travel Season ticket loan
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 clear product recommendations and business impact
- Collaborate with product, IP experts, and engineers to align solutions with user needs
Key requirements
- Degree in a quantitative or technical field (Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, etc.)
- 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 (semantic + lexical) using embeddings and vector databases
- Experience designing agentic workflows and reasoning strategies, with hands-on experience applying agent frameworks (e.g., Google ADK, LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen) in real-world use cases
- Proficiency in data analysis tools
- Strong foundation in statistics, modeling, and large-scale text processing
- NLP
- LLM-based modeling
- Python
- Generative AI (prompt engineering, RAG)
- Hybrid search (semantic + lexical) with embeddings and vector databases
- Agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen)
Senior Data Scientist I 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.
