Posted 23 hours ago

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Lead Data Scientist

Central London
£100,000-£120,000
Permanent

Lead AI Data Scientist | Legal Sector

dcoded is partnering with a legal sector client making a significant investment in AI. They’re looking for a Lead AI Data Scientist to identify high-value opportunities, build practical solutions and take them through to production.

You’ll work directly with legal and business teams to apply AI to real operational challenges, improving productivity, quality and commercial performance. The focus is on solutions that people use and outcomes the business can measure.

The role

  • Identify opportunities to introduce AI and automation into legal workflows.

  • Build, test and evaluate LLM-powered solutions.

  • Work with Engineers, Architects and business stakeholders to move successful solutions into production.

  • Define success metrics and measure the operational and commercial impact of AI adoption.

  • Develop dashboards and reporting that demonstrate business benefits.

  • Monitor deployed solutions and continuously improve their performance.

What you’ll bring

  • A strong track record of taking AI solutions from concept through to production.

  • Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

  • Strong Python and SQL skills.

  • Experience with cloud-based data platforms such as Azure, Databricks or Snowflake.

  • The ability to translate business challenges into practical AI use cases.

  • Confidence engaging senior stakeholders and explaining technical work in commercial terms.

Why this role?

An opportunity to shape AI delivery within the legal sector, with direct access to business stakeholders and a clear mandate to build solutions that deliver measurable value.

Interested? Get in touch with dcoded to find out more.

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