Data Scientist Manager

Kainos Group plc; Belfast; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI solutions company in Northern Ireland is seeking a Data Scientist Manager to deliver advanced AI solutions and drive the adoption of modern technologies. The ideal candidate will have proven leadership experience, strong Python skills, and an understanding of AI frameworks. This role involves engaging with senior stakeholders and fostering a culture of innovation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading AI/ML solutions.
• Experience with prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation.
• Ability to manage and coach junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced AI solutions leveraging machine learning.
• Drive adoption of modern AI development.
• Engage with senior stakeholders on architectural principles.

Skills

Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams

Technical leadership in AI delivery

Strong Python skills

Interpersonal skills

Experience with deep learning frameworks

Understanding of AI security and compliance

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

XGBoost

Job description

**J****OB****P****ROFILE DESCRIPTION** **M****AIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE****&****RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS****:** As a Data Scientist Manager at Kainos, you’ll be responsible for successful delivery of advanced AI solutions leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning, generative and agentic AI technologies. You will drive the adoption of modern AI development and scalable cloud-native architectures. Your role will involve technical leadership, engaging with senior stakeholders to agree architectural principles, strategic direction and system architecture. As a technical leader within Kainos and wider industry, you will foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.**M****INIMUM****(****ESSENTIAL****)****REQUIREMENTS**: Proven experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high quality AI/ML solutions.Demonstrable experience of technical leadership for AI delivery including architecture, product design principles and engineering excellence. Experience with the latest AI engineering approaches such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agentic AI.Strong Python skills with a grounding in software engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, code reviews etc).Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead client projects, manage C-level stakeholders and establish requirements/architecture concepts.We are passionate about developing people, you will bring experience in managing, coaching and developing junior members of a team and wider community.Demonstrable experience with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow), fine-tuning or distillation of LLMs (e.g. GPT, Llama, Claude, Gemini), machine learning libraries (e.g. scikit-learn, XGBoost).Experience with data storage for AI, vector databases, semantic search and knowledge graphs.Familiarity with AI security, privacy, and compliance standards e.g. ISO42001. At Kainos we use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people’s lives easier. We build strong relationships with our customers and go beyond to change the way they work today and the impact they have tomorrow.Our two specialist practices, Digital Services and Workday, work globally for clients across healthcare, commercial and the public sector to make the world a little bit better, day by day.Our people love the exciting work, the cutting-edge technologies and the benefits we offer. That’s why we’ve been ranked in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies on numerous occasions.For more information, see .