Senior Data Scientist, Product

Wordwall
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We need a Senior Data Scientist, Product who can help our development team discover the truth about user behaviour. You will have experience in a software development context, with excellent mathematical and problem-solving skills. You will have a logical mind and deep understanding of evidence and biases. You will collaborate with our development team to create research questions that you'll then find answers to. You will analyse evidence and then translate this into actionable insights that are well communicated and easily understood.

Requirements
Consider applying if you:

  • have a degree in mathematics, physics, computer science, data science or similar
  • have 3 years' experience in a data science or product analytics role in a software development context
  • Skills - databases (SQL+NoSQL), statistics, programming and advanced spreadsheets
  • are located within the time zones UTC-01:00 to UTC+03:00
  • have solid understanding of basic statistical concepts, such as correlation, confidence intervals, probability distributions, and regression
  • have great written and verbal communication skills
  • have a high level of self-organisation, proactivity, strategy, discipline, result orientation
  • have a product mindset

Benefits

  • £50 - 60k per year
  • 30 days paid holiday
  • 100% Remote and flexible working

Company Profile

Wordwall.netmakes creating custom teaching materials easy. Teachers can simply enter the content appropriate for their class - keywords, multiple choice questions, images - to create engaging educational activities such as game-show quizzes, flash cards, crosswords, labelled diagrams and arcade games.

We seek to disrupt the publisher-driven model of paid-for "professionally" made educational content by putting high-quality content creation in the hands of teachers, and making that teacher-made content freely accessible through our online community.

We are a small team with big ambitions, who work remotely across the world. We've got a product that works, and we're building for the long-term. We want people who want to stick around, grow with us, and help make games-based learning accessible to all.

We value diversity within our team. We support flexible working arrangements.

Real applicants only - please do not contact us if you represent an agency.

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