Algorithms, Amazon RedShift, Econometrics, Effective communication skills, Machine learning techniques, Mathematical modeling, Python Programming, R Programming, SQL
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.
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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.
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 50 foreign news bureaus with more than 250 correspondents around the world.