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Senior Data Scientist

Simply Business
London
3 days ago
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Here’s what you’ll be doing:You’ll be an integral part of a team fostering a company-wide data-informed culture, and making sure that insight is aligned to our business outcomes and growing operations. You’ll also be joining a much broader, award winning international data team that is doing some really exciting things with the latest big data and analytics technologies.Reporting into Josh (our Head of Advanced Analytics), who’s hands on and interested in pretty much everything technology. You’ll be joining a team that is highly collaborative and not afraid to share exciting ideas that we then bring to life.

As one of our Senior Data Scientists, you’ll:

drive value to Simply Business (SB) through simplicity and a pragmatic approach to complex data initiatives lead the data-driven decision-making process, from data collection and analysis to implementation and monitoring of solutions facilitate adoption of ML models through exceptional communication with stakeholders work in an established MLOps team at SB there is significant opportunity to deploy end to end and will be actively encouraged continually improve through active learning and development highlighting opportunities for SB to stay at the forefront of commercialised Data Science mentor and support members of the Data Science team, we want you to help build the momentum and quality of our team!

We’re looking for someone who is:

experienced in Data Science as a Data Scientist/ML Engineer or Hybrid excellent in programming in python with other OOP languages a plus experienced in common modelling processes, packages and algorithms capable of developing process, ML Ops, CI/CD and deployment preferably in AWS/GCP/DBX experienced in leading ML projects from concept to production able to producing High levels of storytelling, presentation and communication skills – able to use a variety of data visualisation techniques to easily explain the results of your analysis to a non-technical audience knowledgeable in GenAI, NLP and other Deep Learning techniques a plus

(We know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the ​​confidence gap​.​​ You don’t have to match all the bullet points above to be considered for this role.)We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you and do your very best work.This isn't just another data science role; it's an opportunity to join an award-winning team that's genuinely at the cutting edge of data innovation. You'll be empowered to lead, experiment with the latest big data and analytics technologies, and directly influence strategic business outcomes. We offer a culture of continuous learning and development, where your insights will not only be valued but actively sought after to keep us at the forefront of commercialised Data Science. If you're a Senior Data Scientist who thrives on challenging problems, values genuine collaboration, and is eager to see your models deployed end-to-end, then Simply Business is where you'll make your most significant impact yet. Step into a role where your expertise will directly shape our data-informed future and mentor the next generation of talent. Apply today.

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