Data Scientist - Davies Consulting

Job Description

Data Scientist

Department:Legal

Employment Type:Permanent - Full Time

Location:Home United Kingdom

Description

New Opportunity, award-winning team

Davies is a leading insurance services provider, delivering innovative solutions across claims management and risk analysis. As part of our UK & Ireland IT team, you will play a critical role in harnessing data to drive decision-making and efficiency.

Role Overview

As a Data Scientist within Davies UK & Ireland IT, you will be responsible for extracting meaningful insights from complex datasets to support strategic decision-making. You will leverage advanced analytics, machine learning techniques, Large Models (LLMs), Generative AI, and Python programming to build scalable data-driven solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement machine learning models, including LLMs, to optimize insurance services and automation.
• Apply advanced Python techniques to manipulate and analyse large datasets.
• Design and maintain data pipelines to ensure the integrity and accessibility of critical business data.
• Provide actionable insights through predictive analytics and statistical modelling.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align data science initiatives with business objectives.
• Communicate complex data findings clearly to stakeholders.
• Stay updated with emerging AI trends and their applications in the insurance industry.
• Recommend statistical/machine learning tools and technologies to prototype new concepts.
• Retrieve and collect open and closed data sources, including data processing, cleansing, and verification.
• Work with developers to integrate third-party applications where applicable.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for machine learning techniques, aiding real-world problem solutions.
• Mentor and coach less experienced colleagues.

Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise

• Strong proficiency in Python, including libraries like Pandas, NumPy, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
• Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, and their practical applications.
• Expertise in data insights, analytics, and predictive modelling.
• Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms and infrastructure.
• Familiarity with insurance data, risk analysis, or financial services analytics (preferred but not essential).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of statistics and experience with classifiers, regression, and decision trees.
• Experience with programming languages such as C#.
• Solid understanding of ETL processes and T-SQL.
• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Good coding practices, including testing, clean coding, and reading others' code.
• Technical mindset with experience setting up environments, troubleshooting, and infrastructure work.

Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year, increasing with service (option to buy/sell 3 days)
• Family Private Medical Insurance (Bupa), with options to extend to family
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare 24/7 online GP, mental health support, and wellbeing resources
• Death in Service benefits
• Critical Illness Cover
• Private Health Insurance and Income Protection
• Pension Contribution: 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Volunteering Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Tech Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Gym Flex*
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Gourmet Society Membership Discount
• Discounted Merlin Attractions Tickets
• Local retail discounts

*After successful probation

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