Senior Data Scientist

Barcelona
11 months ago
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Senior Data Scientist - National Security (TIRE) based in Cheltenham/Hybrid

A world class Tech Organisation are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join their division in Barcelona on a hybrid basis - opportunity to join a really innovative environment where you'll work with cutting edge technologies.

The company:

The organisation have been running very successfully now for over twenty years and are recognised as market leaders in their sector. They have a global footprint, and their products are used by millions of users every single day.

They are entering a really exciting period of growth, and are recruiting for a number of new positions to the business as they've got pretty big plans for the next few years - so it's genuinely a great time to join.

They thrive on a positive and welcoming culture making it a great place to work, so it probably comes as no surprise that they have really low attrition rates, as so many of their staff members have long and successful careers with the business.

The role:

You'll be joining a multi-disciplinary squad of roughly seven consisting of Software Engineers, Data Engineers and Data Scientists, and will be tasked to ensure the deployment, monitoring and scaling of solutions in live product environments.

You'll be involved in the entire data science lifecycle, from defining problems and exploring data to developing and evaluating models. You'll also collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Engineers and Product Managers to help improve their offerings, particularly in the advertising space.

Within this role you'll also be involved in future planning of projects where you'll gain exposure to researching new modelling approaches, design experiments, scoping out new projects, prototyping and you'll also be regularly involved in assess their current product effectiveness to try and drive improvements.

Key Skills and Experience

** Prior experience within a Data Science role

** Python and SQL

** Data tools (ideally Spark and Apache Airflow)

** Working with Large Language Models

** MLOps

** Infrastructure as code tools (Kubernetes, Docker etc)

** Cloud Services (ideally AWS)

** Experience within AdTech would be really desirable for this role

Useful information:

Their offices are based in central Barcelona where they support hybrid working, you'll be expected onsite about twice a week, however they are really flexible about what days.

They're offering a very competitive salary from €70,000 - €95,000, depending on experience with great benefits to match (which include multiple bonuses and more!).

If you're keen to find out more, please reach out to Matthew MacAlpine at Cathcart Technology

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