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# Senior Data Scientist

- **Company:** Harnham
- **Location:** Leicester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £65,000.0 - £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Azure Machine Learning, SQL Databases
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-data-scientist/57226121

## About the Role

* Strong Python and SQL experience
 * Commercial Machine Learning experience
 * Strong predictive modelling background
 * Comfortable working with large, messy datasets
 * Experience solving complex business problems using data
 * Experience mentoring or supporting junior team members
 * Exposure to model deployment is beneficial but not essential
 * Experience within Insurance, Financial Services, Gaming or another digital-first business is advantageous

Experience with Azure Machine Learning, Graph-based models or geospatial modelling would be beneficial but is not essential.

## Description

Joining a specialist team of six Data Scientists and Analysts, you'll play a key role in developing the next generation of pricing models across car and van insurance.

Rather than maintaining existing models, you'll be encouraged to challenge traditional pricing approaches by exploring new datasets and applying innovative machine learning techniques to solve complex commercial problems.

Responsibilities include:

 * Building predictive machine learning models using large, complex datasets
 * Developing innovative pricing and customer selection models
 * Creating footprint (geospatial) models using alternative data sources
 * Developing residual models to improve claims prediction accuracy
 * Exploring novel datasets to improve pricing performance
 * Taking existing V1 models and evolving them into production-ready V2 solutions
 * Working closely with Pricing, Data Science and Engineering teams
 * Mentoring a Graduate Data Scientist while leading your own projects from concept through to delivery


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