Senior Data Science Engineer

Hippo is recruiting for a Senior Data Science Engineer you join our growing consultancy. This role sits within our wider Data Engineering Team – you’ll be a part of a like‑minded, talented and passionate group of Engineers who are delivering awesome things for our clients. We are looking for someone who is inquisitive, excels in solving complex data‑centric problems, ready to explore and visualise data and bring their experience and knowledge on the importance on utilising data to aid in commercial decision making.

Our solutions empower our customers to build and support secure, scalable, and well‑engineered systems beyond traditional boundaries. We leverage deep data insights and continuous innovation to deliver awesome platforms that allow our customers to understand and get the most from their data and digital services. Our Senior Data Science Engineers are key players in this mission.

We are looking for someone to bring their experience from a commercial environment to this role – you will be working as part of the wider Data Engineering Team and will be involved in elements of Engineering that sit outside of traditional Data Science.

Please note we are looking for candidates who are looking for growth at the Senior level; therefore, the advertised salary band represents the entry point for this level, allowing for clear progression within the role.

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• Experience in developing and expanding Data Science capabilities
  
• Deliver business impact across all areas
  
• Solid experience working with concepts relevant to data ethics and privacy
  
• Understand product delivery from requirements to desirable business outcomes
  
• Develop complex solutions using a range of data science techniques, whilst understanding any ethical considerations
  
• Understand the role and benefits of data science within the organisation
  
• Support capability building within the organisation
  
• Collaborate with others to develop data science solutions and outputs supporting the organisation
  
• Prepare and manipulate data, and perform complex analytics
  
• Present and communicate effectively
  

We need people who are open to new technologies, quick to adapt, and quick to learn. If you don’t have one of the following, please apply and we can discuss in more detail.

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• Strong experience in Python and exposure to at least one other coding language (R, Java, SQL, etc.)
  
• Experience in Source Control and Version Control (e.g. Git)
  
• Excellent knowledge of databases such as SQL / NoSQL
  
• Experience with at least one Cloud Provider (AWS, Azure or GCP)
  
• Strong experience deploying and monitoring machine learning (MLOps), using tools such as MLflow, AWS SageMaker, and Azure Machine Learning
  
• Experience in relevant Data Manipulation, Machine Learning and Statistical Analysis coding packages (eg. in Python: NumPy, Scikit‑Learn, Pandas, Matplotlib etc.)
  
• Strong skills in data exploration, cleansing, modelling and presentation
  
• Strong experience in testing data models and Machine Learning Models
  
• Strong experience in data presentation and visualisation
  

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• Demonstrable experience applying natural language processing (NLP) to areas such as information retrieval
  
• Proven ability to design, build, and optimise recommender systems to deliver personalised recommendations to customers
  
• Strong experience in experimental design, including but not limited to A/B testing and randomised control trials
  
• Experience with customer data
  

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• Contributory pension scheme (Hippo 6% with employee contributions of 2%)
  
• 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
  
• Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
  
• Critical illness cover
  
• Life assurance and death in service cover
  
• Volunteer days
  
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme for the avid cyclists
  
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
  
• Season ticket loans
  
• Financial and general wellbeing sessions
  
• Flexible benefits scheme with options of:
  
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  • private health cover
    
  • private dental cover
    
  • additional company pension contributions
    
  • additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
    
  • wellbeing contribution
    
  • charity contributions
    
  • tree planting
    
  
  
  

At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.

We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.

At Hippo, we design with empathy and build for impact. We do this by combining data‑informed evidence, human‑centred design and software engineering. We're a digital services partner who is genuinely invested in helping our clients thrive as modern organisations. Our delivery methodology is truly agile, from concept to reality, supporting innovation and continuous improvement to achieve your desired outcomes.

We firmly believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. We take a human‑centred approach to everything we do because we understand that complex problems require a service design approach. This means understanding how users behave and ensuring our solutions work for them in the real world.

Our combination of data, design, and engineering delivers bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society. We're confident in our abilities, authentic in our approach, and passionate about what we do. If you're looking for a digital services partner that can deliver real results, let us help you build for the future and make a lasting impact.

We are headquartered in Leeds and have offices across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide but you need to be located within reasonable travelling distance from one of our offices which will be your contracted office location. Given the dynamic nature of a consulting business, you may be required to work on‑site at a Hippo office or at an in/out of town client location for a number of days per week (client dependent) and therefore candidates will need to be open/flexible to travel. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k (please ask for terms and conditions) to help make your move a smooth one.