Data Scientist

DWP Digital
Manchester
1 day ago
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Data Scientist

Pay up to £57,367, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance.

Are you a data scientist who wants your work to have real impact in helping prepare a major government department for the future of automation and AI?

As a Data Scientist in DWP Digital, you'll work on automation and AI-driven enhancements within the ServiceNow platform, including the Virtual Agent - our conversational interface that helps colleagues get support quickly through automated chat - used by around 120,000 colleagues. You'll use machine learning, analytics and data engineering skills to solve complex problems, reduce manual effort, and directly influence how services perform at scale.

This role offers a unique blend of hands-on modelling and experimentation with collaboration alongside a variety of teams and departments. You'll own and deliver data science projects, identify actionable insights, and shape how the department adopts emerging AI capabilities.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

  • Strong experience with Python (core programming language), along with common data science libraries such as Pandas, NumPy and SciKit-Learn
  • Experience applying machine learning and AI techniques (classification,...

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