Senior Data Scientist...

Job Description

Senior Data Scientist
Reading
£70,000 + Benefits

OVERVIEW

Harnham is working with a global market research company that is investing heavily into their data science capability across Reading and London.

They have an impressive team to date and are looking to add 2x Data Scientists in the coming months due to on-going success within this part of the organisation, responsible for collecting and analysing data for a number of high-profile customers.

This position sits in a very important part of the business and is responsible for generating significant revenues. The purpose of these roles is to use sophisticated data science and optimisation techniques to automate the key product offering for customers. You will join as the subject matter expert on optimisation for the team and be responsible for leading technical efforts to improve the health of the product.

THE ROLE

You will be:

• Reporting into the VP of Data and working as part of a collaborative team of Data Scientists, Analysts, and Product specialists
  
• Helping to design and build optimisation models to production
  
• Analyse historical trading data to uncover new insights to inform future product performance
  
• Work with Python extensively, as well as Azure
  
• Engage with senior stakeholders across the business
  
  SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
  
  You must have:
  
  
• A BSc, MSc or Ph.D. in a quantitative discipline (e.g. Maths, Stats, Computer Science, Physics etc)
  
• Experience programming with Python
  
• Significant optimisation experience
  
  SALARY
  
  In this role you could earn up to £70,000 + benefits.
  
  HOW TO APPLY
  
  To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please submit your details using the Apply button on this page. Or for more information regarding other roles please contact Nick Mandella at Harnham.
  
  KEYWORDS
  
  Python, Azure, SQL, data science, data scientist, optimisation, trading, optimise.