Senior Data Scientist role in the UK, responsible for translating business challenges into well-defined DS/ML problems, applying statistical, machine learning, and optimisation methods to address high-impact business problems, and leading the design and development of predictive models in a production environment.
Requirements
- Proven ability to translate business challenges into well-defined DS/ML or optimisation problems
- Strong hands-on experience and expertise in the Python data science ecosystem
- Experience with distributed computing frameworks like Apache Spark (PySpark) or similar
- Strong experience in exploratory data analysis, machine learning algorithms, statistical inference, and experimental design
- Good understanding of software engineering fundamentals
- Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts and findings into clear, actionable insights
- Proven track record of successfully leading and shipping end-to-end data science products with measurable business value
Benefits
- 20% colleague discount across all M&S products
- Competitive holiday entitlement
- Discretionary bonus schemes
- Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Welcome to our teams with a tailored induction
- Wide range of training programmes
- Perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal
- Wellbeing support for all colleagues
- Charity volunteer day