Data Scientist

Zapp
London
6 days ago
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Data Scientist 

Nine Elms, London - Full-time (3 days a week on-site)

As part of our vision, we are seeking a talented Data Scientist to join our dynamic, expanding team.  Over the last few years we’ve built a solid data foundation using best in class technologies (dbt, BigQuery, Airflow) and are just at the start of our journey to leverage this data in a more sophisticated way. 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Stakeholder Management: Help business leaders at Zapp understand and prioritise opportunities related to AI/ML 

  • End-to-End Development and Ownership: Own the lifecycle of new models from concept to deployment and monitoring, and continuously iterate.

  • Reporting/Dashboarding

  • Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to define, design, and implement new features, driving both business and technical excellence.

  • Code Quality: Write scalable, maintainable, and high-quality code while adhering to best practices for testing, deployment, and version control.

Essential skills:

  • Minimum of 1-2 years of professional experience as a Data Scientist in a commercial setting.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.

  • Expertise in Python and developing high-quality, scalable code Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure 

  • Solid understanding of SQL

  • Familiarity with version control (Git) and automated deployment pipelines (CI/CD).

Desirable skills:

  • Experience with GCP/Vertex AI 

  • Past work in retail demand forecasting

  • Experience working in a start-up environment

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary & equity package.

  • Enjoy 25 days of holiday per year (plus all bank holidays).

  • Private Health Insurance.

  • Extended sick pay and maternity/paternity leave pay.

  • Perkbox.

  • Cycle to work scheme.

  • Flexible/hybrid working arrangement (60:40 between office/home).

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