Data Scientist I (BF5838)

Team: Product Development

Location: Maidenhead

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: hybrid

Key Responsibilities

Data Analysis & Modelling:
- Analyse large, complex datasets to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights.
- Develop, implement, and optimize machine learning models to solve business problems.
- Conduct A/B testing and experimental analysis to validate hypotheses.
Data Management & Engineering:
- Collaborate with data engineering teams to ensure data quality, accessibility, and efficiency.
- Design and develop ETL pipelines and workflows for data preprocessing.
- Develop automated tests to validate the processes and models you create.


Collaboration & Communication:
- Participate in design meetings to help shape the solutions that the team delivers
- Present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Acquire domain knowledge to inform modelling opportunities and model feature creation

Qualifications

Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in data science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.

Experience:
- Experience designing experiments or modelling approaches to solve a specified problem.

Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R; knowledge of is R an advantage.
- Experience with SQL and working knowledge of relational databases.
- Proficiency with data visualisation tools and techniques.
- Experience with AI tools such as Claude Code - ideally also agentic AI
- Experience with AWS is a plus.

Soft Skills:
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.