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# Senior Data Scientist

- **Company:** Ocado
- **Location:** Hatfield, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Transformation, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, SQL Databases
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7200caab03d7cdf5

## About the Role

* Extensive experience of working with both SQL and Python
 * Experience of developing and deploying machine learning models
 * Strong stakeholder and business partner management. Have used data to make

recommendations and influence

 * Have worked in a high volume, fast paced data environment.

## Description

We wouldn't be able to positively impact the way the world shops without our passionate team members - who keep our business running, our vans delivering, our customers' products picked and packed and our proprietary technology operating at optimum levels. Both behind the scenes within the warehouses and across the front end of the customer experience which means we now have an opportunity for a Senior Data Scientist to join the team.

This role forms part of the function that underpins Ocado Logistics' data science and machine learning focus, providing technical excellence and being a key contributor to your team and domain's delivery. In this role, you will be a go-to person for your domain area, with deep expertise, strong problem solving and knowledge sharing, focusing on areas such as planning optimisation, forecasts, and metrics modelling and relationships. You'll be working with others to find great solutions and taking an active role in data research and analysis across your area.
You will be

 * Accountable for project scope, delivery approach and project outputs, including appropriate timeliness and quality.
 * Develop other data scientists around you into more capable and experienced people.
 * Collaborate with other teams to understand stakeholder needs well and find ways to meet them within the given technical constraints.
 * Query data using SQL and other appropriate data manipulation tools.
 * Explore available data leveraging Python expertise to answer complex business questions
 * Define sensible business metrics for complex business problems.
 * Apply sophisticated statistical techniques, and advise as to scientific best practice.
 * Perform detailed data visualisations
 * Produce reports and presentations for stakeholder and use data to influence decisions
 * Responsible for implementing complex algorithms within your area of expertise.
 * Develop and iterate prototype solutions in line with your team's standards


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