Senior Data Scientist

Pay up to £73,346, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Lead multiple data science projects to address specific business needs, using the most appropriate techniques, data sources and technologies.
• Role-model data science development best practice (e.g. quality assurance of code and ethical considerations of unintended biases) with advanced SQL and Python coding skills.
• Communicate data-driven insights within a business context clearly and with impact to a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Drive capability development to coach and mentor junior data scientists, keeping abreast of the wider data science landscape and emerging technologies.
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