Senior Data Scientist (BBC Data & Analytics)

Key Skills

Algorithms, Amazon RedShift, Econometrics, Effective communication skills, Machine learning techniques, Mathematical modeling, Python Programming, R Programming, SQL

Job Description

The BBC are looking for a Senior Data Scientist for an 18 month fixed-term contract to cover Parental Leave. The role is based in London with hybrid working (2 days in the office).

Fancy working on one of the largest media datasets in the world?

The BBC’s world-class online products (iPlayer, News, Sport, Sounds, and more) reach millions of audience members every week, and create upwards of 1 Billion rows of data per day.

Working in a team of around 15 Data Scientists and Engineers you will be involved in a wide variety of machine learning projects. These range from clustering interaction data to gain insights into audience behaviour, to econometric modelling to predict future media consumption.

Role Responsibility

What you’ll be doing:

• Combining data from a variety of sources, using SQL to interact with our Redshift databases
• Selecting the appropriate algorithmic approach to solve a given problem
• Discussing and implementing the solution, from proof of concept to production
• Using our in-house machine learning platform, programming in R or Python
• Presenting the outcome back to stakeholders from a wide range of BBC departments 

Are you the right candidate?

Ideally you will have:

• Master’s degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science or related field, OR knowledge gained through relevant experience
• A hands-on approach to problem solving, from understanding the impact down to mathematical details
• Good programming skills with R or Python
• Good working knowledge of SQL and experience querying large datasets
• Experience building machine learning models
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Post grad experience in a commercial data role

Package Description

Band: D

Contract type: Fixed-term (18 months)

Location: London, Salford or Cardiff (2 days Hybrid Working)

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities– our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.