Senior Applied Engineer

1000scholars; Greater London; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Family friendly policies

Employee-only benefits guide

Job summary

The Alan Turing Institute is seeking a Senior Applied Engineer to translate analysis into reliable services, leading the delivery of analytical products and mentoring peers. You will work with defence analysts on-site, building tools on the data platform and ensuring adoption by end users.

Applicants should have strong statistical and engineering judgement, experience turning analysis into operational tools, and interest in producing work used by analysts in practice.

Qualifications

• Experience building analytics, data science or data products used by non-technical users.
• Experience turning exploratory analysis into tested, repeatable, deployed assets.
• Solid Python software engineering: testing, version control, code review, shared codebase.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of analytical products from problem definition to deployment.
• Develop prototypes and turn valuable ones into tested, monitored services on the data platform.
• Mentor colleagues and provide technical leadership to the team.

Skills

Analytics product development

Python software engineering

Data science judgment

Deployment of analytics

User-facing collaboration

Tools

Git

Jupyter

Job description

HOURS: 36

THE ROLE.

We are looking for a Senior Applied Engineer, who will take responsibility for this process from initial problem definition through to delivery. Working alongside partner analysts, you will identify which requirements are suitable for automation, design and build analytical tools on the team's data platform, and support their adoption in practice. You will lead the delivery of analytical products, establish effective approaches for turning exploratory analysis into reliable services, mentor less experienced colleagues and support the Lead Applied Engineer with technical leadership where required. You will join the team's founding cohort of engineers, reporting to the Lead Applied Engineer.

This is a senior individual-contributor role for someone with strong statistical and engineering judgement, experience of turning analysis into operational tools, and a clear interest in producing work that analysts use in practice.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Work directly with Defence analysts, largely on-site, to understand their requirements and develop analytical tools that fit their working practices.
• Identify recurring analytical requests and develop efficient, event-driven processes that update and present results when new data becomes available.
• Develop prototypes quickly and, where they demonstrate value, turn them into tested, monitored and deployable services on the team's data platform.
• Apply sound statistical and data science judgement, including selecting appropriate methods, understanding their assumptions, and communicating uncertainty clearly to non-specialist users.
• Build proportionate analyst-facing interfaces where needed, such as dashboards, notebooks, command-line tools and small web applications, using the data products provided by the team's data engineers.
• Help establish and maintain the team's standards for testing, reproducibility and documentation, and support colleagues through technical review and mentoring.

ABOUT YOU

• Experience building analytics, data science or data products that were used by non-technical users.
• Experience taking exploratory analysis beyond the notebook into something tested, repeatable and deployed, or a clear understanding of what that requires.
• Solid Python software engineering: testing, version control, code review, and working within a shared codebase.
• Applied statistical and data-science competence: choosing appropriate methods, understanding their assumptions, and communicating results and uncertainty to non-specialists.
• Experience working directly with end users to understand and iterate on requirements.

Terms and Conditions

This post is offered on a fixed term basis, at an annual salary of £57,000 - £69,000 plus excellent benefits, including flexible working and family friendly policies, Employee-only benefits guide | The Alan Turing Institute

Eligibility for DV clearance is an essential requirement for this role. Eligibility criteria and further information on the process can be found on the UK Government security vetting website

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

We value diversity of background, experience, and perspective, and are proud to be an inclusive employer. We warmly encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from groups currently under-represented in our sector. If you feel passionate about this role but don’t meet every single requirement, please apply – we recognise that great candidates may bring strengths beyond the criteria listed.

£57,000 to £69,000 plus excellent benefits