Data Scientist

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Are you passionate about directly impacting the business by utilizing analytical and machine learning skills? Do you want to play a key role in mining large datasets, building advanced statistical models, generating actionable insights, improving decision making, optimizing business processes, and addressing business problems?

• Contribute to end‑to‑end model development and deployment, adhering to best practices for software engineering and reproducible research.
• Develop and maintain LLM evaluation tooling to track model performance, reliability, and consistency across a variety of metrics throughout the development and deployment lifecycle.
• Communicate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

• New York: the salary range for this role is $105,000 to $130,000.

The expected salary range for this role as of the date of this posting is based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, education, location, and skill level. The role may also be eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.

Job Type: Full Time

Job Reference #: 326623

City: New York

You will be part of the Data Science team in the Data Analytics Foundational Platform Team (DAFP), WMA. The team is global, based in the US, Poland, and China, and is at the heart of DAFP’s function to manage and support data science efforts across different business areas.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Computational Linguistics or other relevant technical field.
• Extensive practical experience with techniques from natural language processing, machine learning, deep learning, and prompt engineering.
• Proficiency in Python, especially with PyTorch, transformers, Lang Chain, openai, and spaCy.
• Experience developing information retrieval and search solutions.
• Hands‑on experience working with Large Language Model APIs like Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.
• Extensive practical experience with version control and software engineering best practices.
• Experience working with cloud ecosystems like Azure, AWS, GCP, and Databricks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset‑management solutions and focused investment‑banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.

We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce.