Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist – We believe in better. And we make it happen. Sky is about building the next and the new, turning big ideas into products, content and services loved by millions. We do this in Tech, Product and Data across Sky's ranges, from broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile.

About the role: You will work within a specialised machine learning team to build cutting-edge capabilities of an AI-driven platform for immersive, personalised live sports experiences. The environment is fast-paced, exploratory, and hands-on, rewarding creativity, flexibility and iterative problem solving. If you enjoy prototyping, testing and refining ideas, you’ll feel at home.

• Develop and implement data-driven solutions to deliver innovative sports-focused products for a large sports-facing customer base.
• Identify trends in large datasets and develop models to predict future outcomes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation to communicate insights and implement data-driven solutions.
• Own the full lifecycle of ML solutions—designing, deploying, and maintaining models in production environments.
• Monitor model performance over time and adjust parameters for optimal results.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends to recommend new approaches.
• Build and integrate cloud-native components to expose models as scalable endpoints and publish inference results as events for downstream systems.
• Maintain robust MLOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, retraining strategies and automated testing.
• Mentor and guide junior data scientists and engineers on best practices for productionising machine learning.

• A collaborative mindset with the ability to work across disciplines and contribute creatively.
• Understanding of large language and multi-modal models.
• Strong experience in Python, Docker and cloud-based environments (ideally AWS).
• Background in data analysis and machine learning with proven end-to-end ML systems experience (ideally 3+ years).
• AWS Machine Learning Certification desirable.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code to deploy ML solutions on AWS.

• Sky Q and Sky Glass access at advantageous rates.
• Generous pension package and private healthcare.
• Discounted mobile and broadband.
• Sky VIP rewards and experiences.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applications from all candidates. We will ensure a fair experience and provide reasonable adjustments where appropriate; please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter early. We embrace hybrid working and split time between offices and home. Details on hybrid arrangements will be provided later in the process.

Osterley Campus: 10-minute walk from Syon Lane; free shuttle buses to nearby stations; bike shelters and showers. The campus offers 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes and a Waitrose, plus a subsidised gym, cinema and other amenities.