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Senior Data Scientist

Compare the Market
City of London
2 weeks ago
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Our purpose is to make great financial decision making a breeze for everyone, and that purpose drives us every day.


It’s why we’re on a mission to create an automated quoting engine, with the simplest of experiences, wrapped in a brand everyone loves!


We change lives by making it simple to switch and save money and that’s why good things happen when you meerkat.


We’d love you to be part of our journey.


As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be pivotal in identifying and developing new applications of data science and AI and will help to enhance existing algorithms. Your work will directly enhance our customer propositions using a variety of supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods and will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Data Science initiatives. This is a highly collaborative role and you will have opportunities to work with a wide range of teams to identify value-adding use cases, including personalisation. Your work will play a crucial part in delivering seamless, personalised experiences to our customers. You will be working with large, rich customer datasets, using a cloud-based data platform and will have the opportunity to drive improvements to our data by identifying opportunities to improve existing data structures and processes and collect new data sources.


Everyone is welcome.


We have a culture of creativity. We approach our work passionately, improve constantly and celebrate our wins at every turn. We are an inclusive workplace and our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic, whole selves to work. Everyone is welcome. Be you.


This means we’re excited to hear from people with a range of skills, experiences and ideas. We don’t expect you to tick all the boxes, but would love to hear what makes you great for this role.


Some of the great things you’ll be doing:

  • Build strong cross-team relationships and work collaboratively to identify, scope and plan Data Science initiatives
  • Manage the delivery of large initiatives from ideation to production, ensuring business goals are met.
  • Act as a technical subject matter expert for the application of Data Science within CTM
  • Provide support and mentoring to more junior members of the team (this might include line and workload management)
  • Work with the Data Science Manager to identify new and innovative ways to improve the quality and impact of Data Science within CTM.
  • Proactively share knowledge and ideas across the wider team, contributing to a collaborative and dynamic culture
  • Develop and champion a data-driven culture
  • Ensure findings/recommendations have maximum impact through clear communication and effective data storytelling
  • Work with the wider Data team to leverage the team’s full range of capabilities to maximum effect
  • Innovate and drive improvements to Compare the Market data by contributing new ideas toward improving our current solutions, processes and unsolved business problems, having the opportunity to directly feed into our data strategy agenda and roadmap

What we’d like to see from you:

  • Proven track record of delivering commercial outcomes from the application of machine learning and advanced analytics.
  • Experience of working end-to-end and putting models into production
  • Proficiency in Python coding and a wide experience of applying a range of machine learning techniques
  • A deep knowledge of statistical techniques.
  • Experience using SQL to analyse and extract data.
  • Great story-teller and strong data visualisation skills
  • Experience working with and knowledge of modern data architectures, infrastructure, and tools.
  • Great stakeholder management
  • Highly collaborative working style.
  • Experience in mentoring junior members

We’re a place of opportunity. You’ll have the tools and autonomy to drive your own career, supported by a team of amazingly talented people.


And then there’s our benefits. For us, it’s not just about a competitive salary and hybrid working, we care about what matters to you. From a generous holiday allowance and private healthcare to an electric car scheme and paid development, wellbeing and CSR days, we’ve pretty much got you covered!


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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level


Employment type

Full-time


Job function

Engineering and Information Technology


Industries

Software Development


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