Graduate Data Scientist
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- England,South East,Kent
- full-time
- Salary negotiable
Job Description:
Graduate Data Scientist
West Malling, Kent
£30,000
We are working with a well-established Mortgage lender, who are looking for a highly motivated individual with an honour’s degree (2:1 and above) in computer science to join the expanding data and analytics team.
The ideal candidate will be proactive, keen to learn new skills, have a fundamental understanding of multiple programming languages, a self-motivated problem solver, analytically thinking, efficient, with strong inter-personal skills and a can-do attitude who is committed to meeting deadlines whilst producing high quality work.
This role offers a graduate data scientist the chance to use the skills learned at degree level to build advanced models that have a significant impact within the business. The role offers flexibility in how these models are built with the data scientist required to use their own research and expertise to decide how to approach a problem and find a solution.
Key Responsibilities
* Work alongside the rest of the data team to build clean and robust data pipelines.
* Use the vast amounts of data in the data warehouse to produce machine learning models to help aid in business decisions.
* To work with the Head of Data and Analytics to understand how artificial intelligence could be harnessed by the business to improve efficiency.
* To work alongside the data analysts to carry out ad-hoc data requests when required.
* Organise the data and model outputs into a format that is readable and understandable for presentation to senior management.
Skills and Experience
* Strong academic background, with a degree in computer science (2:1 and above).
* Strong numerical background with a knowledge of key statistical principals e.g. Bayesian and frequentist statistics, probability distributions.
* Fundamental understanding of ML algorithms e.g. linear regression, random forest.
* Experience with multiple programming languages, with a preference for SQL and Python.
* Ability to interpret and communicate statistical results to non-technical stakeholders.
* Self-educating, curious and pragmatic, solution-oriented mind-set.
West Malling, Kent
£30,000
We are working with a well-established Mortgage lender, who are looking for a highly motivated individual with an honour’s degree (2:1 and above) in computer science to join the expanding data and analytics team.
The ideal candidate will be proactive, keen to learn new skills, have a fundamental understanding of multiple programming languages, a self-motivated problem solver, analytically thinking, efficient, with strong inter-personal skills and a can-do attitude who is committed to meeting deadlines whilst producing high quality work.
This role offers a graduate data scientist the chance to use the skills learned at degree level to build advanced models that have a significant impact within the business. The role offers flexibility in how these models are built with the data scientist required to use their own research and expertise to decide how to approach a problem and find a solution.
Key Responsibilities
* Work alongside the rest of the data team to build clean and robust data pipelines.
* Use the vast amounts of data in the data warehouse to produce machine learning models to help aid in business decisions.
* To work with the Head of Data and Analytics to understand how artificial intelligence could be harnessed by the business to improve efficiency.
* To work alongside the data analysts to carry out ad-hoc data requests when required.
* Organise the data and model outputs into a format that is readable and understandable for presentation to senior management.
Skills and Experience
* Strong academic background, with a degree in computer science (2:1 and above).
* Strong numerical background with a knowledge of key statistical principals e.g. Bayesian and frequentist statistics, probability distributions.
* Fundamental understanding of ML algorithms e.g. linear regression, random forest.
* Experience with multiple programming languages, with a preference for SQL and Python.
* Ability to interpret and communicate statistical results to non-technical stakeholders.
* Self-educating, curious and pragmatic, solution-oriented mind-set.
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KFS Recruitment
KFS began its journey in January 2016. After working in the Financial Services Recruitment sector for 10 years, Kerry Stephens realised it was time to...