Telematics Data Scientist: AI-Driven Driving Intelligence

Zego; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

Share options

Private medical insurance

Pension and generous holiday

Learning budget £1,000 a year

Job summary

Zego is building AI-driven driving intelligence to power real-time insurance. As a Data Scientist, you’ll contribute to the future of behaviour-based insurance, developing features from telematics data and turning sensor insights into scalable production pipelines.

You’ll work at the intersection of data science and engineering, collaborating with engineers, data scientists and product managers to test ideas, run experiments and push impactful insights into production.

Qualifications

• MSc or BSc in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Statistics), or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience developing data science or data engineering solutions.
• Solid skills in Python and SQL, including standard libraries (Polars, Scipy, NumPy, Scikit-Learn).
• Experience building or maintaining data pipelines and tools that are reliable and maintainable.
• Clear communication skills: able to break down problems into testable hypotheses and collaborate effectively within multi‑disciplinary teams.
• A growth mindset: curious, eager to learn from senior peers, and open to feedback.

Responsibilities

• Build and refine behavioural features and factors from telematics data.
• Develop and maintain end-to-end pipelines in Python and SQL, ranging from simple heuristics to complex machine learning models.
• Build robust solutions that scale, whether rule-based or ML-driven.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers,Data Scientists, and Product Managers to implement features and evaluate their impact.
• Run experiments, test new ideas, and assist in automating insight generation.
• Translate complex sensor data into clear insights that can shape our roadmap and product.

Skills

Python and SQL

Data pipelines

Production-grade code

Communication skills

Growth mindset

Time-series data experience

Education

MSc or BSc in a relevant field

Tools

Docker

AWS

SQL

Job description

Zego is building AI-driven driving intelligence to power real-time insurance. As a Data Scientist, you’ll contribute to the future of behaviour-based insurance, developing features from telematics data and turning sensor insights into scalable production pipelines.

You’ll work at the intersection of data science and engineering, collaborating with engineers, data scientists and product managers to test ideas, run experiments and push impactful insights into production.