Forward Deployed Data Scientist

Signal; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous compensation

Health insurance coverage

Personal learning budget

Structured development discussions

Team bonding events

Job summary

A technology firm in London is seeking a Forward Deployed Data Scientist to collaborate with clients on data solutions. The role combines data science with client engagement, focusing on quick delivery and adoption of solutions. Candidates should possess 5+ years of experience, strong skills in Python and SQL, and a passion for solving complex problems. This position offers a hybrid work schedule and opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data-heavy roles.
• Extensive experience working in client facing roles.
• Deep experience building or deploying data products in commercial settings.
• Strong command of Python, SQL, and API schemas.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients to uncover real-world data needs.
• Prototype and deliver working data solutions.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to clients.
• Gather and contribute product feedback.

Skills

Python

SQL

API schemas

Client-facing experience

Business acumen

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

Snowflake

DataBricks

PowerBI

MS Excel

Job description

About Signal Ocean: Signal Ocean is the technology arm of the Signal Group. Our primary product, The Signal Ocean Platform, helps shipping and commodities professionals navigate their complex decision making. Driven by advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence, our technology suite provides tailored, exclusive insights that support our clients in achieving performance and efficiency. By securely handling and combining private and public shipping data flows, and applying advanced analytics, insights are delivered over web and mobile applications, as well as through a rich set of APIs and SDKs. Our backend architecture is abstracted to modularly offer deep analytics capabilities that are leveraged in the solutions that we offer or can be directly embedded in our client\'s system topologies.

Summary
Signal is looking for a Forward Deployed Data Scientist to join our high-growth team. This is not your typical data role—you\'ll sit at the crossroads of data science, sales engineering/technical sales, client success and product management, working closely with enterprise clients to design, prototype, and deliver data solutions that quickly generate client value using Signal\'s technologies and data—while also accelerating adoption, driving revenue, and feeding insights back into the product for improvement.

What You\'ll Do

• Client-Centric Data Solutions for fast time-to-value: Collaborate with clients, sales, and client success teams to uncover pressing real-world data needs and/or friction points, early in the commercial process
• Discover, prototype, validate, build, deliver and support working data solutions that materialize client value as quickly and as early as possible.
• Accumulate experience and knowledge to act as a trusted technical advisor, helping clients explore, understand, learn and find value in Signal\'s unique data assets

• Forward Data Science, Engineering & Product Innovation: Quickly learn and use Signal\'s products and stack, including SDKs (Python, C#), APIs, Snowflake Data Warehouse or other assets
• Learn and become proficient in the client\'s diverse technical stacks, including MS Excel, PowerBI, SQL, Snowflake, DataBricks, Python and more
• Work closely partnered with Signal\'s product and data science teams and represent them, their products, standards, processes, priorities, etc.
• Gather, triage and consolidate product feedback and ideas and contribute inputs and insights into the product management cycle
• Get involved and contribute in data design sprints, client metrics, early testing and other types of partnership with Signal\'s product and data science teams

API/Data Enablement Assets & Documentation

• Shape how Signal\'s data services are marketed, discovered, learned (internally by Signalers and externally by clients), and utilized
• Develop sales and client success enablement assets so that repeatable processes, relevant common examples, etc are easy to deliver and digest by all
• Help create a fast and efficient API/data client onboarding playbook
• Maintain, improve and extend API/data technical documentation
• Help describe Signal\'s API/Data roadmap and vision to clients

Usage Intelligence & Feedback Loops

• Track client usage across APIs and data products; uncover what\'s working and what needs improvement
• Reframe underused assets for higher impact and increased adoption
• Feed real client metrics back into engineering and product roadmaps

Requirements

What You Bring:

• 5+ years in data-heavy roles (e.g., Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Scientist, API developer, etc.)
• You have extensive experience working in client facing roles
• Strong command of Python, SQL, and API schemas—and the ability to explain them clearly
• Deep experience building or deploying data products in commercial settings
• Strong business acumen; you get how data is used, not just how it\'s built
• Passion for working directly with clients and solving complex, high-value problems
• Comfortable operating across both technical and commercial teams
• Experience in cloud infrastructure, software engineering, or analytics frameworks a plus
• A curious mind—especially if you\'re excited to learn about industries like shipping and commodities trading

Benefits

What We Offer:

• Generous compensation with additional performance incentives
• Coverage under the company\'s collective health insurance plan
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced people with deep knowledge in software engineering, data science & shipping business who are always eager to mentor
• Signal\'s hybrid work policy currently includes 6 working days at premises per month
• 2-4 weeks of onboarding training to prepare you for your new role, having the opportunity to meet about 30 trainers while diving deep into our products and/or the shipping world
• Career growth opportunities and a structured development discussion every 4 months
• Personal learning budget for training, seminars, conferences (750 to 2000 EUR annually depending on seniority)
• Regular team bonding events and activities

All applications will be considered under the terms and conditions of confidentiality in accordance with the regulations of personal data protection.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. At Signal, we believe that diversity of opinions, approaches and viewpoints is key to our innovation and success and we encourage that with our hiring, development and rewards practices. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristics by law and take actions to eliminate those from our workplace.