Data Scientist - Forecasting

What’s in it for you

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
  
  

About The Role

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

Due to team growth we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Data Scientist or Senior Data Scientist with either forecasting or strong statistical, probabilistic or time series modelling experience to join our team!

This is a hybrid role based out of our Welwyn Garden City office.

About The Team

At Tesco, our Data Science team focuses on modelling sophisticated business problems and deploying data products at scale. Our work spans across multiple areas including physical stores, online, supply chain, marketing and Clubcard, where we encourage rotation amongst our colleagues, so they can gain expertise in different subjects.

Our team members are encouraged to allocate working hours for learning and personal development every week and are provided with multiple learning resources and tools. Multiple academic collaborations enrich the team expertise; knowledge-sharing events are regular.

Furthermore, we have a phenomenal work-life balance, team days, opportunities to attend and speak at conferences and a relaxed but very engaging culture.

You will be responsible for

• Using your analytical mentality you will find solutions to sophisticated problems.
• Apply, modify and help design algorithms and mathematical models to tackle forecasting business problems on top of big data architectures (Hadoop, Spark).
• Validate, document and present the modelling process and performances, as well as communicate sophisticated solutions in a clear, understandable way to non-experts.
• Promote data science across Tesco and promote Tesco across the external community.
• Mentor or support junior members of the team
  
  

You will need

We are looking for ambitious Data Scientists with forecasting experience and a mix of statistics, programming skills, and familiarity with time series analysis. You will have experience in one or more of the following fields: probabilistic modelling, forecasting, or time series modelling. Experience of machine learning techniques is also preferred.