Data Scientist - Pricing

About the role

At Tesco, our Data Science team builds scalable solutions to complex business challenges across stores, online, supply chain, marketing and Clubcard. We apply advanced machine learning, generative AI, and large language models (LLMs) to personalise customer experiences, optimise operations and drive innovation. We work across several business domains, including customer experience, online, fulfilment, distribution, commodities, store operations and technology. Team members rotate across domains to broaden their expertise and impact.

You will be responsible for

• Designing and implementing robust models, experimenting with new approaches and translating business problems into data science solutions.
• Building prototypes, evaluating model performance statistically and in terms of business impact and scaling models into production.
• Collaborating closely with Machine Learning Engineers and Software Engineers to ensure solutions are efficient, maintainable, and aligned with Tesco’s technology standards.
• Communicating complex ideas clearly to non-technical stakeholders, contributing to internal knowledge sharing and representing Tesco in the external data science community.
• Staying current with developments in GenAI and LLMs and evaluating and integrating emerging techniques into our data products.

You will need

• A strong foundation in machine learning, statistics, and programming, comfortable designing and implementing models using Python and working with large-scale data in distributed computing environments.
• Hands‑on experience with generative AI, LLMs, and deep learning frameworks is valued.
• Ability to translate business problems into data science solutions and communicate findings clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• A scientific mindset, critical thinking, and proactive learning of new methods.
• Higher degree in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics) preferred, though equivalent commercial experience is valued.
• Strong coding practices, including version control and testing.

What’s in it for you

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, and 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. We are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone truly feels able to be themselves.

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