Senior Data Scientist

Harnham
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 75K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Big Data
Cloud Computing
Python
Machine Learning
SQL Databases
XGBoost
Machine Learning Operations

Job description

This is a senior individual contributor role within an innovative pricing function, focused on developing and evolving advanced predictive models. You will work on complex, high-impact modelling problems and help shape the next generation of pricing approaches.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in:

  • Building and enhancing pricing and risk models using large, complex and messy datasets.
  • Developing predictive and residual models to better understand expected versus actual outcomes.
  • Exploring novel data sources, including geospatial and alternative datasets, to improve customer selection and pricing accuracy.
  • Supporting the progression of existing models from early versions into more mature, production-ready solutions.
  • Mentoring junior team members and contributing to best practice across the data science community.

Requirements

  • Strong experience in predictive modelling using Python and SQL.
  • Hands-on experience with modern machine learning techniques such as gradient boosting methods.
  • Proven ability to work with large-scale, complex datasets and translate ambiguity into clear analytical approaches.
  • Experience deploying models into production environments within a cloud-based platform.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and support less experienced colleagues.

Benefits & conditions

  • A well-established UK general insurance provider with a strong reputation for advanced analytics and data-driven decision making.
  • The business operates at scale across multiple personal lines products and continues to invest significantly in modern data platforms and machine learning.
  • Data science sits at the core of how the organisation prices risk and drives commercial strategy., * Performance-related bonus.
  • Car allowance.
  • Private medical insurance and health & wellbeing support.
  • Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy or sell additional days.
  • Pension contribution with employer matching.
  • Life assurance, income protection and additional optional benefits.

THE PROCESS

  • Initial 30-minute interview focused on experience and approach.
  • Technical case study with presentation and discussion.
  • Competency-based interview covering leadership and delivery scenarios.
  • Final-stage interview focused on team fit and senior stakeholder engagement.

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