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data scientist

LABOUR PARTY

<div></div><div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Job description</b></h2><div><p><b>
Role: Data Scientist</b></p><p><b>
Salary: &pound;54,673.46 (gross) per annum inclusive of London Weighting, with a fixed sum allowance of &pound;1,195.
</b></p><p><b>Current employees in banding 36 will maintain their existing salary.</b></p><p><b>
Location: Head Office - London</b></p><p><b>
Duration: Permanent</b></p><p></p><p><br>
The Labour Party is looking to recruit a Data Scientist. The post-holder will be responsible for supporting the work of the party in the analysis of voter behaviour, elections and campaigning, to contribute to Labour&rsquo;s political and organisational strategies through the use of data analysis, and lead on the measurement and reporting of campaign progress and campaign effects.</p><p></p><p><br>
The successful candidate will have:</p><br>
<p></p><ul><li>
Strong understanding of statistical modelling, with a minimum of degree-level statistical understanding, or equivalent professional experience</li><li>
Strong understanding of polling methodology and how to use to polling to answer political questions.</li><li>
Experience of conducting analysis and reporting on political data and polling and producing outputs like reports, visualisations and dashboards for stakeholders.</li><li>
Ability to understand how data on voters, campaigns and elections can be used to drive strategic decision making</li></ul><p></p><p><br>
The Labour Party&rsquo;s standard working arrangement is that all employees based in headquarters in London/Newcastle attend their contracted office four days per week, Monday to Thursday. Home working is only authorised on Fridays.</p><p></p><p><br>
The deadline for applications is <b>12 July 2026.</b></p><p></p><p><b><br>
The Labour Party values equality and diversity, and welcomes applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, or pregnancy and maternity.</b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>

Data Scientist

Sainsbury’s

<div><div><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Data Scientist
</b></h1></div><h4 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Salary: </b><b>Competitive Plus Benefits</b><br>
<b>Location: </b><b>London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
</b><br>
<b>Contract type:
</b><br>
<b>Business area: </b><b>Data &amp; Analytics</b><br>
<b>Closing date: </b><b>07 July 2026</b><br>
<b>Requisition ID: </b><b>400067289</b></h4><p></p><div><div>At Sainsbury&rsquo;s, data sits at the heart of how we operate, innovate and serve our customers. Our Data &amp; Analytics team is building a technically advanced, commercially focused and impactful capability, powering our Next Level Strategy and helping to create a Sainsbury&rsquo;s powered by industry leading AI algorithms. We use data, technology and advanced analytics to drive better decisions across the business, from forecasting and optimisation to experimentation, personalisation and machine learning. With one of the richest retail datasets I n the UK and a portfolio spanning Sainsbury&rsquo;s, Argos, Habitat and Nectar, the opportunity to innovate is huge. Here, you&rsquo;ll tackle complex challenges at scale, create measurable impact and grow quickly alongside brilliant colleagues. People who thrive with us combine business understanding, technical expertise and curiosity, with a natural instinct for problem-solving. Join us and help shape the future of retail through data and AI.
</div></div><div><div><p><b>Data Scientist &ndash; Nectar360</b></p><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
Location</b></p>
<p>
London &ndash; Farringdon/Home</p>
<p><b>
Reporting to</b></p>
<p>
N360 Data Science Manager</p><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
What is it?</b></p>
<p>
We&rsquo;re looking for a talented Data Scientist to join Nectar360 &ndash; the team behind Sainsbury&rsquo;s Retail Media offering, and the UK&rsquo;s largest coalition loyalty programme (Nectar), with 24 million members nationwide.</p>
<p>
Our N360 Data Science team builds the systems behind our market-leading Retail Media platform (N360 Pollen), allowing hundreds of suppliers, media agencies and internal teams to set up, customise and measure their marketing campaigns. We develop and continuously improve our cutting-edge measurement capabilities, including multi-channel attribution, uplift estimation, AI-driven targeting and budget optimisation - across instore, onsite and offsite media. Our work enables suppliers to engage with customers every day and maximise the impact of their advertising.</p>
<p>
Based in our new Farringdon office, this role will work closely with decision-makers across Nectar360 and Sainsbury&rsquo;s to continue building innovative solutions for Nectar360, our suppliers and partners, using our incredible data assets, our rich customer understanding, and state of the art machine learning and AI. As one of the data scientist in the team, you&rsquo;ll apply your wealth of experience and ideas to design, build, and improve our capabilities &ndash; driving value for the customer and the business. With a large team of data scientists and analysts across Sainsbury&rsquo;s and millions of known customers, the scale and scope are huge.</p><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
What will you be doing?</b></p>
<p>
Solve the hard problems</p>
<ul>
<li>Work on the technical development of algorithms and pipelines that will deliver against our strategic objectives in Nectar360, including our industry-leading marketing measurement solutions.</li>
<li>Develop and enhance modelling and optimisation capabilities, using techniques such as MMMs, causal inference, multi-touch attribution, experimentation Bayesian modeling, unsupervised learning and many others.</li>
<li>Support the maintenance and optimization of existing models to adapt to changing needs and client feedback.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Embody and improve best practice</p>
<ul>
<li>Align to best practice across modelling, experimentation, deployment, and model lifecycle management.</li>
<li>Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and deliver on their needs, and work with engineering teams to source data and deploy robust solutions.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Be an enthusiastic member of our community</p>
<ul>
<li>Bring new ideas for future approaches, including state of the art techniques where appropriate.</li>
<li>Understand how our business really works and how data science can improve customer experience and our offering to 3rd parties.</li>
<li>Actively contribute to our vibrant Data and Analytics community of over 800 colleagues</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
What are we looking for?</b></p>
<p>
We&rsquo;re looking for a highly motivated self-starter &ndash; someone who fixes problems and creates value without micromanagement. You need to know how to balance our need for technical rigour against our need to deliver commercial and customer value.</p>
<p>
Value delivery</p>
<ul>
<li>Experience in Data Science roles in a commercial setting, with evidence of solving complex problems end-to-end.</li>
<li>A record of building systems which run in production, and an understanding of the value these generated.</li>
<li>An ability to understand commercial reality as well as technical rigour, and a pragmatic mindset.</li>
<li>A strong ability to communicate ideas to audiences of varying technical background and seniority, and present key ideas and insights succinctly.</li>
<li>Independence in proposing and implementing solutions</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Data Science expertise</p>
<ul>
<li>Solid grounding and experience in applying statistical modelling and machine learning in commercial settings, with proven experience in some of the following areas: Causal inference, MMMs, Bayesian inference, experimentation, multi-touch attribution, time series modelling.</li>
<li>Ability to select the right technique for a given objective and avoid pitfalls.</li>
<li>Curiosity, scepticism and attention to detail regarding data quality, samples, bias and ethics.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Production-grade design</p>
<ul>
<li>Advanced programming ability in Python and strong ability to use SQL, with a proven experience of developing complex solutions as part of a team.</li>
<li>Solid understanding of working with production codebases, version control and CI/CD.</li>
<li>Practical experience working with cloud platforms and MLOps tools to build and maintain production-ready solutions.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Development</p>
<ul>
<li>A strong awareness and understanding of technology trends and direction in Data Science, analytics and AI.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
Essential Criteria</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience in previous Data Science roles in a commercial setting</li>
<li>Strong understanding of working with production codebases, version control and CI/CD.</li>
<li>Ability to communicate ideas to audiences of varying technical background and seniority</li>
<li>Independence in proposing and implementing solutions</li>
<li>Solid grounding and experience in applying statistical modelling and machine learning in commercial settings</li>
<li>Advanced programming ability in Python and strong ability to use SQL</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
Support we will provide</b></p>
<ul>
<li>A vibrant team to bounce ideas off and to support you with specialised knowledge (technical, stats/data science or business processes)</li>
<li>Mentoring from Data Science Managers</li>
<li>Automation and orchestration support from our integrated engineering and product teams within Nectar360</li>
<li>Technical and non-technical training and regular hackathons, learning days and knowledge sharing sessions.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you&rsquo;ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there&rsquo;s always the chance to try something new &mdash; whether that&rsquo;s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we&rsquo;ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for details.</p>
<p>
#DataAndAnalytics</p>
<p>
#DataScience</p>
<p>
#LI-CM1</p>
</div></div><div><div><p>We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you&rsquo;ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there&rsquo;s always the chance to try something new &mdash; whether that&rsquo;s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we&rsquo;ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks&rsquo; pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks&rsquo; pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).</p></div></div></div><p></p>

Muzz

<div>
 <p>
  <strong>
   London, UK - Hybrid (Tue, Wed &amp; Thur in Office)
  </strong>
 </p>
 <p>
  <strong>
   &pound;80,000 - &pound;90,000 + equity
  </strong>
 </p>
 <p>
  <br/>
 </p>
 <p>
  We&rsquo;re looking for a smart and ambitious data scientist, with real entrepreneurial flair to join our team and understand our members and all the metrics that matter. Love numbers and love being commercial? This role presents an opportunity to mold the future of the data science team, explore new ideas and new technologies.
 </p>
 <p>
  <br/>
 </p>
 <p>
  Muzz is the world&rsquo;s largest Muslim dating and marriage app. We&rsquo;ve got over 15 million members and have helped more than 800,000 couples get married. We&rsquo;re on our way to become the first $1 billion Muslim tech brand - but we need your help!
 </p>
 <p>
  <br/>
 </p>
 <p>
  <strong>
   Day to day
  </strong>
 </p>
 <ul>
  <li>
   You'll be joining a dynamic data science team whose goal is to grow the company and optimize our products as we expand into new markets around the world
  </li>
  <li>
   You'll be understanding our user behaviour on the platform with a view to generating actionable insights in terms of both product and marketing
  </li>
  <li>
   You'll work closely with our product, engineering and growth teams
  </li>
  <li>
   You'll be a proactive self-starter, driving innovation with a product focus
  </li>
  <li>
   You&rsquo;ll be diving into a range of data to solve our highest impact and complex challenges
  </li>
  <li>
   You'll own and evolve the production ML systems behind our personalization and recommendations serving millions of users
  </li>
  <li>
   You'll use AI tools as a core part of how you work and help set how the wider team gets the most out of them
  </li>
  <li>
   You'll raise the bar for the team - mentoring analysts and data scientists, and helping shape our technical standards and roadmap
  </li>
 </ul>
 <p>
  <br/>
 </p>
 <p>
  <strong>
   Requirements
  </strong>
 </p>
 <ul>
  <li>
   At least 5 years of experience in a Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer role
  </li>
  <li>
   Strong Python and SQL knowledge
  </li>
  <li>
   Strong grounding in the statistical methods behind personalization and recommendations models - e.g. embeddings, ranking, collaborative filtering
  </li>
  <li>
   Excellent written and verbal communication skills and presenting to non-technical audiences
  </li>
  <li>
   Commercial mindset with the ability to harness customer insights to optimise our marketing and products
  </li>
  <li>
   Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
  </li>
  <li>
   Passionate about solving complex and challenging data problems
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience in designing and conducting A/B experiments
  </li>
  <li>
   A proven track record of developing and owning production ML pipelines - including data processing, deployment, monitoring, retraining
  </li>
  <li>
   Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of significant ML projects - from framing the problem to shipping it, and through the messy realities of live performance, edge cases and iteration once real users hit it
  </li>
 </ul>
 <p>
  <br/>
 </p>
 <p>
  <strong>
   Nice to have
  </strong>
 </p>
 <ul>
  <li>
   Hands-on experience with recommender systems, with real-time or near-real-time updates and serving
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience in consumer-facing mobile-first products
  </li>
  <li>
   Experience with GCP platform - BigQuery/VertexAI
  </li>
 </ul>
 <p>
  <br/>
 </p>
</div>


Senior Data Scientist

<div><div><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Senior Data Scientist
</b></h1></div><h4 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Salary: </b><b>Competitive Plus Benefits</b><br>
<b>Location: </b><b>London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
</b><br>
<b>Contract type:
</b><br>
<b>Business area: </b><b>Data &amp; Analytics</b><br>
<b>Closing date: </b><b>07 July 2026</b><br>
<b>Requisition ID: </b><b>400067294</b></h4><p></p><div><div>At Sainsbury&rsquo;s, data sits at the heart of how we operate, innovate and serve our customers. Our Data &amp; Analytics team is building a technically advanced, commercially focused and impactful capability, powering our Next Level Strategy and helping to create a Sainsbury&rsquo;s powered by industry leading AI algorithms. We use data, technology and advanced analytics to drive better decisions across the business, from forecasting and optimisation to experimentation, personalisation and machine learning. With one of the richest retail datasets I n the UK and a portfolio spanning Sainsbury&rsquo;s, Argos, Habitat and Nectar, the opportunity to innovate is huge. Here, you&rsquo;ll tackle complex challenges at scale, create measurable impact and grow quickly alongside brilliant colleagues. People who thrive with us combine business understanding, technical expertise and curiosity, with a natural instinct for problem-solving. Join us and help shape the future of retail through data and AI.
</div></div><div><div><p><b>Senior Data Scientist &ndash; Nectar360</b></p><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
Location</b></p>
<p>
London &ndash; Farringdon/Home</p>
<p><b>
Reporting to</b></p>
<p>
N360 Data Science Manager</p><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
What is it?</b></p>
<p>
We&rsquo;re looking for a talented Senior Data Scientist to join Nectar360 &ndash; the team behind Sainsbury&rsquo;s Retail Media offering, and the UK&rsquo;s largest coalition loyalty programme (Nectar), with 24 million members nationwide.</p>
<p>
Our N360 Data Science team builds the systems behind our market-leading Retail Media platform (N360 Pollen), allowing hundreds of suppliers, media agencies and internal teams to set up, customise and measure their marketing campaigns. We develop and continuously improve our cutting-edge measurement capabilities, including multi-channel attribution, uplift estimation, AI-driven targeting and budget optimisation - across instore, onsite and offsite media. Our work enables suppliers to engage with customers every day and maximise the impact of their advertising.</p>
<p>
Based in our new Farringdon office, this role will work closely with decision-makers across Nectar360 and Sainsbury&rsquo;s to continue building innovative solutions for Nectar360, our suppliers and partners, using our incredible data assets, our rich customer understanding, and state of the art machine learning and AI. As one of the senior individual contributors in the team, you&rsquo;ll apply your wealth of experience and ideas to design, build, and improve our capabilities &ndash; driving value for the customer and the business. With a large team of data scientists and analysts across Sainsbury&rsquo;s and millions of known customers, the scale and scope are huge.</p><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
What you will do</b></p>
<p>
As a Senior Data Scientist, your key responsibilities will include:</p>
<p>
Solve the hard problems</p>
<ul>
<li>Lead on the technical development of algorithms and pipelines that will deliver against our strategic objectives in Nectar360, including our industry-leading marketing measurement solutions.</li>
<li>Develop and enhance modelling and optimisation capabilities, using techniques such as MMMs, causal inference, multi-touch attribution, experimentation Bayesian modeling, unsupervised learning and many others.</li>
<li>Own projects, leading junior colleagues and engaging with stakeholders to define goals and ensure projects deliver impact.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Embody and improve best practice</p>
<ul>
<li>Align to best practice across modelling, experimentation, deployment, and model lifecycle management.</li>
<li>Coach through doing &ndash; pairing on code and demonstrating standards.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Be an enthusiastic member of our community</p>
<ul>
<li>Become the recognised data science technical expert in your team, bringing new ideas for future approaches, including state of the art techniques where appropriate.</li>
<li>Understand how our business really works and how data science can improve customer experience and our offering to 3rd parties.</li>
<li>Actively contribute to our vibrant Data and Analytics community of over 800 colleagues</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
Who you are</b></p>
<p>
We&rsquo;re looking for a highly motivated self-starter &ndash; someone who fixes problems and creates value without micromanagement. You need to know how to balance our need for technical rigour against our need to deliver commercial and customer value.</p>
<p>
Value delivery</p>
<ul>
<li>Extensive experience in Data Science roles in a commercial setting, with evidence of solving complex problems end-to-end.</li>
<li>A record of building systems which run in production, and an understanding of the value these generated.</li>
<li>An ability to understand commercial reality as well as technical rigour, and a pragmatic mindset.</li>
<li>Experience working in an Agile way, and ability to understand the trade-off between immediate value, future value, and technical options.</li>
<li>A strong ability to communicate ideas to audiences of varying technical background and seniority, and present key ideas and insights succinctly.</li>
<li>Independence in proposing and implementing solutions</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Data Science expertise</p>
<ul>
<li>Solid grounding and experience in applying statistical modelling and machine learning in commercial settings, with proven experience in some of the following areas: Causal inference, MMMs, Bayesian inference, experimentation, multi-touch attribution, time series modelling.</li>
<li>Ability to select the right technique for a given objective and avoid pitfalls.</li>
<li>Curiosity, scepticism and attention to detail regarding data quality, samples, bias and ethics.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Production-grade design</p>
<ul>
<li>Advanced programming ability in Python and strong ability to use SQL, with a proven experience of developing complex solutions and working with large codebases as part of a team.</li>
<li>Solid understanding of setting up and working with production codebases, version control and CI/CD.</li>
<li>Practical experience working with cloud platforms and MLOps tools to build and maintain production-ready solutions.</li>
<li>Ability to lead technical conversations with Data/ML Engineers.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
Development and coaching</p>
<ul>
<li>A strong awareness and understanding of technology trends and direction in Data Science, analytics and AI.</li>
<li>Ability to support in the development, training and mentoring of others</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
Essential Criteria</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Extensive experience in previous Data Science roles in a commercial setting</li>
<li>A record of building systems which run in production</li>
<li>A strong ability to communicate ideas to audiences of varying technical background and seniority</li>
<li>Independence in proposing and implementing solutions</li>
<li>Solid grounding and experience in applying statistical modelling and machine learning in commercial settings</li>
<li>Advanced programming ability in Python and strong ability to use SQL</li>
<li>Solid understanding of working with production codebases, version control and CI/CD.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p><b>
Support we will provide</b></p>
<ul>
<li>A vibrant team to bounce ideas off and to support you with specialised knowledge (technical, stats/data science or business processes)</li>
<li>Mentoring from Data Science Managers</li>
<li>Automation and orchestration support from our integrated engineering and product teams within Nectar360</li>
<li>Technical and non-technical training and regular hackathons, learning days and knowledge sharing sessions.</li></ul><br>
<p></p>
<p>
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you&rsquo;ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there&rsquo;s always the chance to try something new &mdash; whether that&rsquo;s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we&rsquo;ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for details.</p><br>
<p></p>
<p>
#DataAndAnalytics</p>
<p>
#DataScience</p>
<p>
#LI-CM1</p>
</div></div><div><div><p>We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you&rsquo;ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there&rsquo;s always the chance to try something new &mdash; whether that&rsquo;s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we&rsquo;ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to &pound;10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks&rsquo; pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks&rsquo; pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).&quot;</p></div></div></div><p></p>

Merlin Entertainments

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>What you'll bring to the team
</b></h2><div><div><div><div><b>Senior Data Scientist</b></div><div><b>
Location:</b> London/Hybrid</div><div><b>
Hours:</b> 37.5 hours per week</div><div><b>
Contract: </b>Permanent - Salaried</div><div></div><div><br>
You are a senior technical authority within the Data Science capability. You are responsible not only for building models, but for defining what should be built, ensuring quality, and bridging the gap between business outcomes and technical delivery.</div><div></div><div><b><br>
Responsibilities:</b></div><ul><li>
Build and deploy predictive models and advanced analytics solutions for high-value use cases.</li><li>
Own the most complex and high-impact modelling problems.</li><li>
Ensure robustness, explainability, and performance of models in production.</li><li>
Define the features and datasets required for modelling.</li><li>
Collaborate with the Lead Data Modeller to shape semantic definitions and structures.</li><li>
Work with Engineering to ensure pipelines support modelling needs.</li><li>
Translate business problems into analytical approaches.</li><li>
Challenge poorly defined requests and drive clarity on outcomes.</li><li>
Communicate trade-offs between model complexity, data availability, and delivery timelines.</li><li>
Establish and enforce best practices for modelling, evaluation, and deployment.</li><li>
Implement peer review processes for models and code.</li><li>
Ensure ethical and responsible use of data and AI.</li><li>
Mentor junior and mid-level Data Scientists.</li><li>
Support capability development and knowledge sharing.</li><li>
Act as a confident voice in shaping Data Science practices.</li><li>
Work closely with the Lead Data Modeller to define &lsquo;Gold&rsquo; data required for analytics.</li><li>
Partner with Data Engineers to ensure model readiness and operational deployment.</li><li>
Align with Delivery Lead on prioritisation and feasibility.</li></ul><p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br>
Merlin - It's where we playMerlin Entertainments</div><p></p><div><div><div>
Merlin Entertainments2.17K subscribers</div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div><div><div><div><div><div>
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</div></div></div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Qualifications &amp; Experience
</b></h2><div><div><div><ul><li>Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Mathematics or Engineering.</li><li>
At least 4 years of experience in a data science or statistical role with a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions.</li><li>
Experience in developing and deploying machine learning models and statistical analysis.</li><li>
Familiarity with distributed computing tools and cloud platforms (e.g., Azure Synapse, Snowflake, Databricks).</li><li>
Experience with data transformation and analytics tools (e.g., Python, SQL, Spark SQL).</li><li>
Proven ability to work with large datasets and complex data structures.</li><li>
Strong background in applying statistical and machine learning techniques to solve business problems.</li></ul>
</div></div></div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Benefits
</b></h2><div><div><div><ul><li>&lsquo;Enjoy the Ride&rsquo; Merlin Annual Passes - 6 in total per year, 1 for you, plus 5 to gift to loved ones!</li>
<li>Merlin Magic Pass - 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all our Merlin Attractions across the world rising to 40 after a year&rsquo;s service</li>
<li>33 days holiday (including bank holidays)</li>
<li>Company bonus</li>
<li>Private pension scheme</li>
<li>40% discount online off LEGO</li>
<li>25% discount in our on-site retail shops and restaurants</li>
<li>Ongoing training and development opportunities</li>
<li>Plus, many more&hellip;</li></ul><br>
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If you have any questions or if you require any assistance, because of a disability or medical condition, please contact us by email at Recruitment@Merlinentertainments.biz and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.</b></div>
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</div></div></div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Pay Range
</b></h2><div><div><div>Competitive</div></div></div></div>
<br><div>At Merlin we welcome the world to our magical attractions and resorts every day and we want to reflect that same multicultural mix inside our business too. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where people can be themselves, have the same opportunities and thrive together. Because at Merlin, everyone matters!
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Together, we work to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, no matter their age, race, gender, disability or sexual orientation. Although we understand that we'll always be learning and growing, we aim to be the most inclusive and flexible employer in our industry.</div>

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST

C3 AI

<div>
 C3 AI (NYSE: AI), is the Enterprise AI application software company. C3 AI delivers a family of fully integrated products including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications, C3 AI applications, a portfolio of industry-specific SaaS enterprise AI applications that enable the digital transformation of organizations globally, and C3 Generative AI, a suite of domain-specific generative AI offerings for the enterprise. Learn more at:
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 Qualified candidates will have an in-depth knowledge of most common machine learning techniques and their application. You will also understand the limitations of these algorithms and how to tweak them or derive from them to achieve similar results at large-scale.
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 This is a frontline role on some of the most consequential AI programmes in UK and European defence today. You will help design and deploy AI that keeps aircraft and platforms mission-ready through predictive maintenance, that sharpens decision-making through Digital Targeting, and that sustains operations through logistics in contested and degraded environments. These are live programmes with real operational stakes, delivered into demanding, secure settings across the UK MOD, NATO, and allied European partners.
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   Lead the research, design, implementation, and deployment of machine learning algorithms, intelligent agents, and optimisation solutions for enterprise applications leveraging the C3 AI Suite.
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   Assist and enable C3 AI's customers to build their own applications on the C3 AI Suite.
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   Contribute to the design and implementation of new features of the C3 AI Suite.
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   Analyse model performance across asset fleets, diagnose issues such as low risk scores or false positives, and recommend hyperparameter adjustments.
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   Collaborating with data and subject matter experts from C3 AI and its customer teams to seek, understand, validate, interpret, and correctly use new data elements.
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   MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or equivalent fields.
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   Applied AI experience (generative AI, agentic solutions, regression and classification, supervised, and unsupervised learning).
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   Strong mathematical background (linear algebra, calculus, probability and statistics).
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   Experience with scalable ML (MapReduce, streaming).
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   Ability to drive a project and work both independently and in a team.
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   Smart, motivated, can do attitude, and seeks to make a difference.
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   Excellent verbal and written communication.
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   Experience with JavaScript and prototyping languages such as Python and R. Experience with Java and Scala is a plus.
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  C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan.
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Data Scientist - Defence

Capital One

<div>White Collar Factory (95009), United Kingdom, London, London<p></p>
Data Scientist / Deep Learning Practitioner<p></p><p><b>
Job Title: </b>Data Scientist / Deep Learning Practitioner - Senior Associate/Associate level</p><p><b><br>
Location:</b><b> </b>London or Nottingham</p><p></p><p><b>
Working Pattern:</b><b> </b>3 days in-office (Tuesday-Thursday) and 2 days remote.</p><p></p><p><b>
Our Mission</b></p><p></p><p>
We&rsquo;re on a mission to be a force for good in lending. Throughout our almost 30-year history, we&rsquo;ve consistently been recognised as a great place to work; in 2026, Capital One was officially ranked 9th in the UK&rsquo;s Best Workplaces&trade; list. Hear from our team about what it&rsquo;s like working at Capital One UK.</p><p></p><p><b>
About the Role</b></p><p>
Our Data Science team focuses on the development of Machine Learning and Deep Learning solutions, to solve business problems and deliver actionable insights. We are a talented, collaborative and enthusiastic group, who use our expertise to derive insights from complex data, working in close collaboration with our business partners.<br>
This role will primarily focus on developing proprietary deep learning models to address critical business challenges in underwriting. The role will also involve supporting our business partners as they develop advanced servicing products using Large Language Models.</p><p></p><p><b>
What you&rsquo;ll do</b></p><ul><li><p>
Develop new deep learning approaches to advance our current underwriting models, which form the heart of our lending business.</p></li><li><p>
Apply these to new types of (multi-modal) data in order to stay at the forefront of innovation.</p></li><li><p>
Provide consultancy to our tech and product partners, to help design, develop and launch products powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). This collaboration will help provide seamless experiences for our customers and associates.</p></li><li><p>
Use a combination of business acumen, coding and statistical skills to navigate large amounts of data and extract actionable solutions.</p></li><li><p>
Work cross-functionally on projects that support key business initiatives and drive sustainable growth.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>
The skills and experience you'll need</b></p><ul><li><p>
Experience developing and deploying deep learning models, particularly for sequential data (e.g. time series, language) using techniques such as LSTMs or transformers.</p></li><li><p>
Hands-on experience with modern Machine/Deep Learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Hugging Face Transformers.</p></li><li><p>
Familiarity with both pre-training and fine-tuning of large-scale models</p></li><li><p>
Experience working with structured and unstructured data, such as text, logs, or time series and tokenisation techniques.</p></li><li><p>
A strong understanding of probability, statistics, machine learning and familiarity with large data set manipulation.</p></li><li><p>
Experience in producing reliable and maintainable code in Python, with an ability to adapt to new languages and technologies.</p></li><li><p>
Ability to communicate findings to a diverse business focused audience, influencing others in both verbal and written form.</p></li><li><p>
A drive for continued learning through an internal and external focus, in order to develop enterprise and industry leading solutions.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>
Where and how you'll work</b></p><p>
This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham OR London office.</p><p>
We embrace a hybrid approach to work. You'll spend three days a week in the office (Tuesday-Thursday), with Monday and Friday being dedicated work-from-home days.</p><p>
Our offices are designed to inspire and support you. At our Nottingham head office, you'll find an on-site gym, restaurant and dedicated Learning Loft. Our London office boasts a rooftop running track and coffee bar.</p><p></p><p><b>
What&rsquo;s in it for you</b></p><p>
We invest in the growth of our people alongside our business. You will have extensive opportunities to learn and develop your career, including access to up to &pound;5,000 in funding for external qualifications.</p><p>
In addition to career development, our comprehensive benefits package is designed to grow with you, ensuring your wellbeing is prioritised at every stage of your career:</p><ul><li><p>
Wealth &amp; Future: Competitive pension and performance-based bonus schemes</p></li><li><p>
Holidays: Start with 25 days of annual leave, increasing with tenure. Need more? You have the option to buy 5 additional days.</p></li><li><p>
Health: Access premium care through our private medical insurance.</p></li><li><p>
Family Support: We champion your milestones with enhanced parental leave.</p></li></ul><p></p><p>
A full list of our benefits is available here.</p><p></p><p><b>
What you should know about how we recruit</b></p><p>
We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it&rsquo;s about what you do, not just what you say. That&rsquo;s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible.</p><p>
We value diversity, inclusion and belonging at our core. We empower our associates to do great work by creating an inclusive culture&mdash;one that values diverse perspectives, fosters collaboration and encourages innovative ideas&mdash;and a place where associates of all backgrounds can thrive by bringing their most authentic selves to work. We call this our Culture of Belonging, and it rests at the heart of our business.</p><p>
Our associate-led Business Resource Groups were created to help support our diverse population and include over 10 groups across our offices. Because each Business Resource Group is as unique as the population it serves, they offer a range of activities, networking opportunities, special events and learning programmes to associates.</p><p></p>
Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.<p></p><p>
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact ukrecruitment@capitalone.com All information will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of applying a reasonable adjustment.</p><p></p><div><div><div><div><p>
For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com</p><p></p><p>
Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.</p><p></p><p>
Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).</p></div></div></div></div><b><br>
Who We Are</b><br>
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At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.<br>
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Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.</div>

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