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BirdsEyeView

Nottingham, United Kingdom

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06.06.2025

21.07.2025

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GEOSPATIAL DATA SCIENTIST ROLE (Junior & Senior)

Overview:

BirdsEyeView is an InsurTech venture based in London. BirdsEyeView builds Natural Catastrophe Modelling software for reinsurance and insurers globally. The software enables specialty insurers to model future floods, wildfires, tropical cyclones, and more.

The BirdsEyeView technology ecosystem includes a climate data infrastructure, scalable product development, and machine learning data cleansing and ingestion. By combining these, BirdsEyeView helps underwriters assess exposures to climate-change-induced natural catastrophes.

About the role

You will support the development of Natural Peril models and their integration into BirdsEyeView’s WEATHER ANALYTIX platform, which provides insurance partners with advanced climate and weather analytics to assess exposure to natural disasters and enhance underwriting.

You will join a small team of scientists, software developers, and insurance experts, with opportunities to influence business applications and product development. This role is ideal for someone interested in large climate and geospatial data, building new technologies, and exploring the insurance industry.

This position offers growth opportunities and a significant role in various business areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support strategy and implementation for WEATHER ANALYTIX platform on time and within budget.
• Process meteorological datasets via our partnership with the European Space Agency.
• Develop global wildfire, hurricane, tornado, lightning, earthquake, and flood models.
• Collaborate with Business Development to define and deliver new products and features.
• Select and implement suitable technology solutions for current and future needs.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, or related field; Master's preferred.
• 4+ years experience for Mid/Snr role; 2+ years for Jnr/Mid role.
• Proficiency in Python for data manipulation and machine learning.
• Experience with large, complex geospatial datasets.
• Knowledge of statistical and data science modeling techniques.
• Understanding of web systems architecture, design, and development.
• Ability to work independently with strong project management skills.
• Proactive, collaborative, and adaptable attitude.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, GitLab, AWS
• Experience with ERA5/Climate Data
• Experience with MLOps
• Knowledge of the Insurance Market

Compensation:

• Competitive salary and performance incentives
• Health Insurance & Pension Scheme
• Share options
• 26 days annual leave
• 7 Days Work from Abroad Policy
• Office Location: City of London
• Experience levels: 1 Junior/Mid (2+ years), 1 Mid Senior (4+ years)

Note: This on-site role requires a minimum of 4 days/week in the office.

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet all criteria. Please send your CV and Cover Letter to: [emailprotected]