Senior Data Science Engineer - ML Deployments & Impact

Hippo Digital Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

25 Days Holiday + UK Public Holidays

Perkbox access

Life assurance

Job summary

Hippo Digital Limited is seeking a Senior Data Science Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary team delivering data-driven digital services for public and private clients. You will lead user-centered data science solutions, mentor engineers, and advance MLOps across projects.

The role involves working with Python, ML tooling, and experimentation across on-site UK offices with regular client sites; travel and flexible site work are expected as part of a hybrid model.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Python; proficient in SQL, R and Java.
• Experience deploying and monitoring ML pipelines (MLOps) using MLflow, AWS SageMaker, and Azure ML.
• Proven track record delivering high-quality, scalable data science solutions.
• Expertise in data manipulation, ML, and statistical analysis coding packages.
• Experience testing data models and ML models.
• Deep understanding of product delivery from requirements to business outcomes.
• Desirable: NLP applications to information retrieval.
• Desirable: recommender systems design and optimisation.
• Desirable: experimental design including A/B testing and RCTs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the production of user-centred data science solutions, ensuring adherence to best practices and business requirements.
• Facilitate collaboration with stakeholders to design and deliver solutions to complex problems.
• Develop and expand Data Science capabilities and support capability building within the organisation.
• Manage machine learning deployment pipelines (MLOps) and resolve potential bottlenecks.
• Mentor and coach other engineers to support their professional development.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Java

Data Manipulation

ML

Statistical Analysis

Model Deployment

Testing

Product delivery

Tools

MLflow

AWS SageMaker

Azure Machine Learning

Job description

Hippo Digital Limited is seeking a Senior Data Science Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary team delivering data-driven digital services for public and private clients. You will lead user-centered data science solutions, mentor engineers, and advance MLOps across projects.

The role involves working with Python, ML tooling, and experimentation across on-site UK offices with regular client sites; travel and flexible site work are expected as part of a hybrid model.