Data Scientist
Overview
Placement Type:
Temporary
Compensation:
£361-£400 per day(PAYE Inside IR35)
Start Date:
Asap
Contract – 12 months, Fully Remote within UK.
Summary:
The main function of the Data Scientist is to produce innovative solutions driven by exploratory data analysis from complex and high-dimensional datasets.
Job Responsibilities:
Define, understand, and test opportunities and levers to improve the product, and drive roadmaps through your insights and recommendations.
– Identify and measure success of product efforts through goal setting, forecasting, and monitoring of key product metrics to understand trends.
– Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and the presentation of data to develop strategies for our products that serve billions of people and hundreds of millions of businesses.
– Partner with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to inform, influence, support, and execute product strategy and investment decisions.
– Work with large and complex data sets to solve a wide array of challenging problems using different analytical and statistical approaches.
Skills:
• Experience with data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python), and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R).
• The ability to communicate effectively in writing, including conveying complex information and promoting in-depth engagement on course topics.
• Experience working with large datasets.
Education/Experience:
Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or another quantitative field.
Client Description
Our Client is the largest social media company in the world. They have substantial B2B and B2C advertising and media platforms, as well as a nonprofit initiative. With the mission of bringing people together, they now boast over 2 billion users, and are rapidly developing as they influence the world around us.
Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.