Senior Data Scientist — Hybrid London, Equity

Deliveroo; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for our London team, working hybrid with three days in the office. You’ll enable high-quality human-led decision-making across product, commercial and operations through experiments and causal inference. We hire multiple scientists and align you to the right scope based on strengths and interests.

Join a high-growth analytics group focused on impactful data science, experimentation, and collaboration with diverse teams across the global business.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Data Science (or similar) roles.
• Experience leading both simple and more complex experiment designs, with the ability to proactively unpick insights to steer strategic decision making
• Great communication skills - in person, in writing, in code; to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Through solid analysis, provide clear and actionable recommendations that influence the team's roadmap.
• Effective problem-solving, demonstrating an ability to successfully address complex and ambiguous challenges.
• Ability to think creatively and insightfully about business problems
• Proficiency with analytical tools like R/Python and familiarity with SQL. Proficiency with Cursor/AI tools to deliver impactful, high-quality work efficiently is also valued
• A pragmatic, flexible approach, where you most care about achieving impact
• Excellent people skills — you'll be meeting with a range of both technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate business needs into data science problems

Responsibilities

• Which markets/cities should we enter next?
• How can we incentivise good rider behaviour?
• What is the impact of exclusive deals we have with restaurants?
• How do we optimise our compensation policy to keep our customers happy and ordering with the company?
• What are the trade-offs we face when choosing between growth and profitability? How should we decide between them?
• How much should our pricing vary by distance and by market?
• What is the optimum selection and variety of restaurants in a particular area?
• How do we adapt our consumer app to better suit grocery shoppers?

Skills

Data Science

Experiment design

Communication skills

Problem-solving

SQL

Python/R

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Cursor/AI tools

Job description

DoorDash is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for our London team, working hybrid with three days in the office. You’ll enable high-quality human-led decision-making across product, commercial and operations through experiments and causal inference. We hire multiple scientists and align you to the right scope based on strengths and interests.

Join a high-growth analytics group focused on impactful data science, experimentation, and collaboration with diverse teams across the global business.