Senior Data Scientist

Wyatt Partners
City of London
5 months ago
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£2.5 million seed funded Startup utilising Machine Learning

Data Scientist opportunity with a seed funded startup (£2.5 million), utilising machine learning technology to create up to 15% profit margin gains for clients in the entertainment industry.

You will join a small team of 2 in Data and a wider company of 14 employees. They are the type of business who enjoy discussing scientific research projects over lunch They plan on securing series A funding late this year.

They code in Python, and React on the Frontend. Tech & Data Science stack:

  • Kubernetes & Docker on Google Cloud
  • Python 3: Pandas, RabbitMQ, Celery, Flask, SciPy, NumPy, Dash, Plotly, Matplotlib
  • Javascript, React, Redux
  • PostgreSQL, Redis
  • Prometheus, Alert Manager, DataDog

If you joined the company in a Data Science role you would be working on sophisticated pricing algorithms which would enable companies in the entertainment industry to significantly increase profit margins.

You’ll use a raft of different techniques from timeseries analysis to bayesian statistics, reinforcement learning & Monte Carlo Simulations.

Your Experience:

  • You’ll likely come from a strong quantitative degree background in Science or Maths and have worked 2-4 years as a Data Scientist
  • You’ll have incredibly strong modelling skills but know when to be pragmatic to ensure the best business outcomes
  • You’ll be a coder in Python, C++ or Java
  • Experience of productionizing analytics code
  • pandas, scipy and numpy

If your a Data Scientist looking to go on an exciting new journey with an early stage startup, and the opportunity to work on advanced pricing algorithms is something that interests you, then this opportunity is for you.


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