National AI Awards 2025Discover AI's trailblazers! Join us to celebrate innovation and nominate industry leaders.

Nominate & Attend

Senior Data Scientist

ZipRecruiter
Penarth
1 day ago
Create job alert

Job Description
Company Overview:
Wealthify is an ambitious, multi-award-winning online investment company located in Penarth, Wales. We’re here to inspire anyone to build their future wealth, and we do this by making investing easy, affordable, and accessible.
We’re hiring talented people who are purpose driven and want to use and develop their skills to deliver an awesome experience to our customers.
Our team is engaging, inquisitive, and inclusive, reflecting many different beliefs and backgrounds. We welcome people who can bring to our team, and work towards a shared goal to deliver an exceptional investment experience.
What your job will be
The Data and Analytics team are playing an important role in Wealthify’s growth ambitions.
We want to transform the way we communicate with our customers. To gain deeper understanding of their relationship with us including their digital journeys. To use insight and analytics to help design new products and propositions that support our customers and help them to grow their wealth. To provide intelligence to the business that enables them to make the right strategic decisions to drive business performance and improve customer experience.
In your role as Senior Data Scientist you’ll
utilise our data science capability to predict likelihood to convert. Build logistic regression and machine learning models.
help deliver a data driven omni-channel communication strategy, systemic comms sent to the right customers, for the right reasons at the right time to convert more prospects, cross-sell and better retain our customers.
build timely triggers based on indicators of customer need.
create insight to inform messaging and how we segment our customers.
measure the incremental impact of our customer communications.
help to deliver programmes of test and learn across customer communications, set up to be measurable.
take technical information and translate effectively into comprehensive, relevant and useful presentation/communication.
What we’re looking for
We value simplicity, communication, teamwork, trust, and confidence. These core values are what make us tick and keep us all on the same page - not just with how we work individually, but how we engage with each other and the service we offer.
We don’t need you to tick all these boxes (in fact we’d encourage you to apply even if you don’t!), but this gives you an idea of what we are looking for:
Proven experience in Data Science, preferably in a start-up or fast-paced environment and/or within Financial Services.
Build new propensity models (regression / machine learning) to enable us to grow the number of products our customers have with us, increase their balance and to retain more customers
Enhance our 600-attribute modelling dataset as new source of data become available
Help identify and utilise data science techniques and developments in AI.
Evidence of having influenced programmes of omni channel customer contact to generate income.
Experience in the following or similar:
SQL and Python programming
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Big Query - not essential but useful
Power BI (or similar)
Working in Public Cloud environment, preferably Azure.
Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management; the ability to consult and provide insights and recommendation to senior stakeholders.
Proven ability to take the initiative and be innovative.
What we give you in return:
Competitive salary up to £60,000
24 days holiday a year – plus bank holidays (you will earn an extra day holiday for each full year you’re with us, up to 28 days)
And we have plenty of perks too!
Annual bonus between 0-20% of your annual salary which is linked to both the company and individual performance
Private Medical Insurance
Death in Service Cover (X3 your annual salary)
Income Protection Insurance
Company Pension Plan
Healthify – a team to support the health and wellbeing of all staff at Wealthify
Ministry of Fun – providing plenty of social activities and events throughout the year
Brand new offices in the picturesque Penarth Marina
Free office gym
Free parking nearby
A collaboration space and games room
We’re a responsible company and are constantly working to improve our culture, ethics, impact on the environment, and our contribution to charitable causes

#J-18808-Ljbffr

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist (GenAI)

Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist

National AI Awards 2025

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

AI Jobs UK 2025: 50 Companies Hiring Now

Bookmark this guide – we refresh it every quarter so you always know who’s really scaling their artificial‑intelligence teams. Artificial intelligence hiring has roared back in 2025. The UK’s boosted National AI Strategy funding, record‑breaking private investment (£18.1 billion so far) & a fresh wave of generative‑AI product launches mean employers are jockeying for data scientists, ML engineers, MLOps specialists, AI product managers, prompt engineers & applied researchers. Below are 50 organisations that have advertised UK‑based AI vacancies in the past eight weeks or formally announced growth plans. They’re grouped into five easy‑scan categories so you can jump straight to the kind of employer – & culture – that suits you. For each company you’ll find: Main UK hub Example live or recent vacancy Why it’s worth a look (tech stack, culture, mission) Use the internal links to browse current vacancies on ArtificialIntelligenceJobs.co.uk – or set up a free job alert so fresh roles land in your inbox.

Return-to-Work Pathways: Relaunch Your AI Career with Returnships, Flexible & Hybrid Roles

Stepping back into the workplace after a career break can feel like embarking on a whole new journey—especially in a cutting-edge field such as artificial intelligence (AI). For parents and carers, the challenge isn’t just refreshing your technical know-how but also securing a role that respects your family commitments. Fortunately, the UK’s tech sector now boasts a wealth of return-to-work programmes—from formal returnships to flexible and hybrid opportunities. These pathways are designed to bridge the gap, equipping you with refreshed skills, confidence and a supportive network. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll discover how to: Understand the booming demand for AI talent in the UK Leverage transferable skills honed during your break Overcome common re-entry challenges Build your AI skillset with targeted training Tap into returnship and re-entry programmes Find flexible, hybrid and full-time AI roles that suit your lifestyle Balance professional growth with caring responsibilities Master applications, interviews and networking Whether you’re returning after maternity leave, eldercare duties or another life chapter, this article will equip you with practical steps, resources and insider tips.

LinkedIn Profile Checklist for AI Jobs: 10 Tweaks That Triple Recruiter Views

In today’s fiercely competitive AI job market, simply having a LinkedIn profile isn’t enough. Recruiters and hiring managers routinely scout for top talent in machine learning, data science, natural language processing, computer vision and beyond—sometimes before roles are even posted. With hundreds of applicants vying for each role, you need a profile that’s optimised for search, speaks directly to AI-specific skills, and showcases measurable impact. By following this step-by-step LinkedIn for AI jobs checklist, you’ll make ten strategic tweaks that can triple recruiter views and position you as a leading AI professional. Whether you’re a fresh graduate aiming for your first AI position or a seasoned expert targeting a senior role, these actionable changes will ensure your profile stands out in feeds, search results and recruiter queues. Let’s dive in.