Data Scientist

**Role: Data Scientist** **Location: Nottingham, UK (90% Remote)** **Salary: £60k** **Key Skills:** * Python * R * SQL * CI/CD **The Opportunity** A growing, data\-driven organisation is looking for a mid\-level Data Scientist to help unlock the value of its data. This is a hands\-on role where you’ll work on a mix of analytics and machine learning projects, partnering with different teams to turn complex datasets into clear, actionable insights. You’ll have the freedom to own problems end\-to\-end, from exploration through to deployment, while contributing to a modern, evolving data function. **What You’ll Be Doing** * Designing and building data science solutions using Python * Exploring datasets to uncover trends, patterns, and opportunities * Applying statistical methods and machine learning techniques to solve business challenges * Using clustering and segmentation to enhance analysis where relevant * Translating technical outputs into clear insights for a range of stakeholders * Supporting the deployment, monitoring, and ongoing improvement of models * Contributing to best practices, tooling, and ways of working within the data team **What They’re Looking For** * Around 3–5 years’ experience in a Data Science or advanced analytics role * Strong Python skills, including libraries such as pandas, NumPy, SciPy, and scikit\-learn * Experience with gradient boosting frameworks (e.g. LightGBM or similar) * Solid grounding in statistics and machine learning concepts * Comfortable working with structured data and SQL * Ability to communicate insights clearly to both technical and non\-technical audiences * Experience taking models beyond experimentation into production environments * Strong analytical thinking and problem\-solving ability **Nice to Have** * Exposure to R for analysis or experimentation * Understanding of modern engineering practices (CI/CD, Docker, or similar) * Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) * Familiarity with version control (Git) and collaborative workflows * Experience working in Agile environments