Senior Data Scientist - Remote

Overview

YouGov has an exciting new Senior Data Scientist role available, working with the YouGov Behavioral, which processes and analyses terabytes of data on a daily basis to help us on our journey to connect data and understand what the world thinks. The team works with some very interesting data.

In Short

• Develop, deliver and operate new data science services and features for YouGov Safe and/or YouGov Signal platforms.
• Use statistical, algorithmic, data mining, and visualization techniques to model complex problems, find opportunities, discover solutions, and deliver actionable business insights.
• Find creative and innovative ways of solving problems and delivering solutions.
• Own your projects based on our data and answer to various market research related questions.
• Communicate data-driven insights and recommendations to key stakeholders.

Requirements

• 4+ years proficiency in data science and modelling using Python, Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Scikit-Learn (and/or other modelling packages), StatsModels (and/or other statistical packages), Git.
• 1+ year proficiency in processing Big Data using PySpark, Apache Airflow, Presto/Athena SQL and regular SQL.
• Experience with Machine Learning, Evaluation, feature engineering, model training, model deployment.
• Strong programming skills - writing clean and efficient code.
• Strong understanding of statistics, statistical modelling techniques and data analysis methods.
• Ask relevant questions and offer thoughtful opinions.
• Worked for at least a year remotely in a global environment.
• Communicate fluently in English.

Benefits

• Join a global team to help achieve our social mission.
• Work in a diverse environment that values different perspectives.
• Access to best-in-class benefits to support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• Be part of a company that is trusted by the world’s biggest brands.
• Opportunity to work with interesting data sources and insights.