Lead Data Scientist — Real-Time Driving Intelligence

Zego; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Market-competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

Share options

Private medical insurance

Pension

Generous holiday

Learning budget

Résumé du poste

Zego is building real-time, AI-driven insurance infrastructure and is hiring a Lead Data Scientist to shape driving intelligence that feeds pricing models.

You'll turn high-frequency GPS, accelerometer and gyroscope data into behavioural features and risk signals, collaborating with engineering, product, and actuarial teams across the UK, PT, and Portugal. Expect ownership, fast iteration, and production-grade impact.

Qualifications

• MSc or MSc/MEng in a quantitative field is required.
• Knowledge of digital signal processing or sensor physics.
• Proven track record delivering data science in production.
• Strong Python and SQL skills; Snowflake experience.
• Experience building and evaluating ML models on tabular data.
• Built data pipelines from scratch; reliable and scalable.

Responsabilités

• Work with raw high-frequency sensor data (GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope) at scale.
• Research new behavioural features and detection algorithms.
• Design and build features feeding driving quality, context, and risk.
• Move ideas from hypothesis to production with Python and SQL.
• Prioritise simple, robust solutions; apply ML when warranted.
• Lead experiments and automate insight generation.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and actuaries to place features in pricing path.
• Translate complex sensor data into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.

Connaissances

Python

SQL

Snowflake

Data pipelines

Machine learning

Signal processing

Production-grade code

Communication

Growth mindset

AI coding tools

Formation

MSc/MEng in a quantitative field

Outils

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

MLflow

DVC

Streamlit

Description du poste

Zego is building real-time, AI-driven insurance infrastructure and is hiring a Lead Data Scientist to shape driving intelligence that feeds pricing models.

You'll turn high-frequency GPS, accelerometer and gyroscope data into behavioural features and risk signals, collaborating with engineering, product, and actuarial teams across the UK, PT, and Portugal. Expect ownership, fast iteration, and production-grade impact.