Registers of Scotland
Data Scientist
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Job Title: Data Scientist
Total Remuneration: £50,872 - £58,240
Pay Supplement: The base salary for this role is £41,026 - £46,968. This job qualifies for Digital, Data and Technology Annual Pay supplement 24% is included in the total remuneration above.
Annual Leave: 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.
Duration: Permanent.
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week. We are a flexible employer and will consider a variety of working patterns.
Location: Home / Office hybrid working. Offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Grade: HEO (Higher Executive Officer)
Closing date: 23rd of July 2026 at 23:59
Registers of Scotland (RoS)
Join an award-winning organisation recognised for its technology and innovation. RoS is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. We work to create data-led, digital solutions for the people of Scotland. Our full-stack teams design, architect, and build all our registration products in-house.
The Role
This is a new generalist role aimed at growing our data science capability, and the adoption of data-driven methods (including but not limited to ML/AI) more widely within the business. You will work with a range of colleagues and teams to help solve complex business problems, unlock business insight and value from unstructured, semi-structured and structured data, support data-driven decision-making and develop new data products for internal and external (commercial) customers. The role will have a strong focus on applying advanced analytical techniques to detect, classify, extract and transform semi-structured data held within legacy systems.
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On a typical day you will…
- Work closely with a range of colleagues to identify, formulate and solve business problems using data.
- Explore, analyse and transform complex land and property data from a range of formats.
- Develop credible rule- or model-based methodologies to discover knowledge, extract structure from semi-, un- or poorly structured data, automate the creation of model training data, train and/or adapt ML/AI models, develop internal/external data products, data-driven tools and reports, and monitor data quality.
- Contribute to experiment design, determine suitable evaluation strategies and metrics to evaluate a range of outputs.
- Document methodologies to deliver reproducible and explainable work.
- Gather feedback and monitor the continued performance and accuracy of outputs, as applicable.
- Support development of the team by participating in team development activities, strategic discussions and communities of practice.
- Contribute to the delivery of data science projects using Agile data science methodologies.
- Build understanding of Registers of Scotland data, business processes, strategic objectives and the policy environment in which we operate.
- Communicate insights and results to technical and non-technical audiences using visualisation and data story-telling.
- Build awareness of technical and regulatory standards and developments in industry.
This job is for you if you want…
- Work with purpose: we strive to provide the best public service and set the bar for land and property registration worldwide.
- Flexible and hybrid working: work when and where it’s best for you and your stakeholders, depending on the role and team requirements.
- Benefits: enjoy pay progression, pension contributions of up to 29%, up to a year’s parental leave, and 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.
- Investment in professional development: we invest in all our people so that they have the right skills to be productive and confident in their job.
- Diversity and Inclusion: We are an ‘Investor in People’ and a ‘Disability Confident’ employer. We are inclusive, stronger together, and committed to putting our people first.
- Positive work culture: RoS is an agile, digital organisation using leading-edge technology. Colleagues understand their role in achieving our strategy and have the autonomy to deliver.
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Our Tech stack
Backend: Java, Python and Spring Boots
Frontend: JavaScript, React and Typescript
DevOps: AWS. CI/CD, Kubernetes and OpenShift
AWS: AWS SNS, Comprehend, EC2, Lambdas, RDS, SageMaker and Textract
Data: Python, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, SpaCy, AWS SageMaker, QGIS, Tableau, PowerBI
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