Senior Data Scientist - Global Scale Up

Location from the posting (“Ireland based, remote”); the listing said United Kingdom.

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£100,000 per year (posted by the employer)
Also hiring in United Kingdom (open roles on Tech Abroad)
Permanent residency after about 2 yrs
Citizenship after about 5 yrs
Work language: likely English (posting is in English)

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About the role

Senior Data Scientist | AI Start-up | Northern Ireland (Remote-First) Senior individual contributor role in a fast-growing, AI-first scale-up Northern Ireland based, remote-first working £95,000 to £140,000 plus equity and comprehensive benefits Hands-on across the full lifecycle: data, modelling, evaluation and production Work on LLM and agent-based systems used by global enterprise clients The Company Our client is a venture-backed technology company building an agentic AI platform used by so…

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Take-home pay (Country tax)
About £5,380 a month after tax, using the average rate of 35.4% for a single employee on a higher salary
Weather (City)
Dublin (nearest reference city): summer highs about 66°F / 19°C, winter highs about 47°F / 8°C
Safety (Country)
Very high peacefulness (Global Peace Index rank 5)

Salary

£100,000 per year (posted by the employer)

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Critical Skills Employment Permit

Salary at least €68,911 per year (for occupations not on the Critical Skills Occupations List (and not ineligible)). €40,904 per year for occupations on the Critical Skills Occupations List, with a relevant degree (€36,848 if the qualification was received in the last 12 months).

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At €40,904 or more: an occupation on the Critical Skills Occupations List and a relevant degree or higher

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