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# Senior Data Scientist

- **Company:** Eastbourne Digifest
- **Location:** Bexhill, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Business Analytics Applications, Microsoft Azure, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Standard Sql, Azure Machine Learning, Git
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2842194491-senior-data-scientist

## About the Role

* Strong commercial experience delivering machine learning projects from initial exploration through to deployment and ongoing optimisation.
 * Advanced Python and SQL skills.
 * Experience with Azure Machine Learning, Azure cloud technologies, and Git.
 * Proven ability to communicate technical concepts to a range of stakeholders and influence decision-making.
 * Experience working across multidisciplinary data and analytics teams.
 * Strong problem-solving capabilities and a track record of delivering high-quality analytical solutions.
 * An interest in applying innovative data science techniques to real-world business challenges.

## Description

* Developing predictive models focused on risk, claims outcomes, fraud detection, and other key business metrics.
 * Creating and maintaining analytical tools that improve portfolio management and commercial performance.
 * Identifying, evaluating, and extracting value from new internal and external data sources.
 * Engineering new features and rating factors to enhance existing pricing algorithms.
 * Managing the full machine learning lifecycle, from exploratory analysis through to deployment, monitoring, and model refresh activities.
 * Working closely with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Analysts, and business stakeholders to translate challenges into impactful solutions.
 * Exploring emerging machine learning techniques and assessing their commercial application.


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