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Data Scientist

Welwyn
£550 – £800/day
Posted about 13 hours ago
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Job Advertisement: Senior Data Scientist

Location: Welwyn Garden City

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

Contract Length: 12 months (6+6)

Daily Rate: £550 - £800 per day Inside IR35

Working Pattern: Hybrid

About the Role

Are you ready to take your data science career to the next level? Our client is looking for a passionate and hands-on Senior Data Scientist to join their Journey Insights team! In this exciting role, you'll work with both structured and unstructured data, unlocking insights that enhance customer journeys and operational opportunities.

What You'll Do

  • Own the Delivery: Lead end-to-end data science solutions from problem framing to deployment, ensuring your work delivers tangible results.
  • Deep-Dive Analysis: Use hypothesis-driven approaches to uncover customer journey opportunities and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
  • Innovative Solutions: Combine structured datasets with unstructured sources (like text and customer interaction data) to create robust features and predictive models.
  • NLP & GenAI Expertise: Apply traditional NLP techniques and cutting-edge GenAI tools for text classification, summarization, entity extraction, and more.
  • Data Pipelines: Build, validate, and optimise data pipelines and model code, ensuring performance and security.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders to define success metrics and turn complex outputs into clear, decision-ready insights.
  • Mentorship: Share best practices and support your team through constructive code and model reviews.

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Skills and Experience Required

  • Proven expertise in delivering end-to-end data science solutions that yield practical outcomes.
  • Experience in combining structured and unstructured datasets for modelling and analysis.
  • Strong background in NLP and GenAI techniques, including text classification, summarization, and embeddings.
  • Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, and PySpark, with a focus on software development best practices.
  • Experience deploying data science models in a cloud environment (Azure preferred).
  • Familiarity with database management (including graph databases) and integrating diverse data sources.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas in a clear, non-technical manner.

Desirable Experience

  • Knowledge of PyTorch, MLflow, DBT, and Databricks AI functions is a plus!

About Us

Join a dynamic organisation that values human connection and places customers at the heart of everything they do. Embrace the Agile way of working, where collaboration, innovation, and adaptation are key to meeting customer needs.

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Why Join Us?

  • Be part of a community that celebrates diversity and inclusivity.
  • Enjoy a blend of remote and office working, fostering creativity and collaboration.
  • Access a range of full-time and part-time working patterns to fit your lifestyle.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're excited about leveraging data to drive meaningful insights and improve customer experiences, we want to hear from you! Apply now to join a vibrant team that thrives on innovation and collaboration.

Together, let's create solutions that make a difference!


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Skills

Data Science
NLP
GenAI
SQL
Python
PySpark
Azure
Text Classification
Summarization
Entity Extraction
Data Pipelines
Graph Databases
PyTorch
MLflow
DBT
Databricks

Location

Welwyn, England, United Kingdom

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