Junior / Graduate Data Scientist
  • England,North West,Greater Manchester
  • Full Time, Permanent
  • £25,000 - £35,000 per annum, negotiable
Job Description:
Junior / Graduate Data Scientist

Our client, a fast-growing and innovative organisation, is looking for a Junior / Graduate Data Scientist to join their expanding data function.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career data professional to gain hands-on experience across the full machine learning lifecycle in a regulated, real-world environment. You’ll work closely with Senior Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Analysts to develop, test, and support production-ready models using modern cloud technologies.


The Role

You will work primarily with Python, SQL, and AWS (including Amazon SageMaker) to:
*Extract, transform, and analyse data from AWS data platforms
*Perform exploratory data analysis and communicate insights clearly
*Build and evaluate baseline machine learning models (classification & regression)
*Support model experimentation in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
*Contribute to model deployment, monitoring, and safe rollout practices
*Follow best practices in Git, code review, testing, and Agile delivery
*Support data governance, documentation, and privacy-by-design principles
This role offers structured mentorship and exposure to data science beyond modelling — including productionisation, compliance, and engineering collaboration.


Essential Requirements

*Degree in a quantitative discipline (Data Science, Computer Science, Maths, Statistics, Physics, Engineering) or equivalent experience
*Early career stage (graduate, placement, bootcamp, or personal projects)
*Strong Python skills (pandas, scikit-learn)
*Solid SQL skills (joins, aggregations, relational data)
*Understanding of ML fundamentals (train/test splits, overfitting, evaluation metrics)
*Clear communication skills
*Strong learning mindset and interest in AWS/cloud technologies
*Comfortable working in a regulated environment


Desirable

*Exposure to Amazon SageMaker
*Experience with Jupyter Notebooks
*Git and basic software engineering practices
*Data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI)
*Financial services data exposure (risk, fraud, payments)


What’s on Offer

*Structured development and mentorship
*Hybrid working model
*Company pension
*23–28 days holiday + bank holidays
*Birthday leave, charity day, wellbeing day, wedding leave


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Junior / Graduate Data Scientist
Job number 3410484

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Company Details:
Adria Solutions
Company size: 10–19 employees
Industry: Recruitment Consultancy
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