Junior Data Scientist

About

Description

The Group Data Science Lab (DS Lab) is expanding, and we’re looking for talented individuals to join our growing team. Our global team collaborates with partners such as Quantium, Risk Intelligence, Vitality SA, and renowned institutions like the London School of Economics (LSE). Working across diverse areas—including clinical, wellness, financial, sales, operational, people, and behavioral themes—we harness terabytes of structured and unstructured data using a modern big data architecture. The DS Lab also embraces a forward-thinking approach, identifying new data sources and opportunities and leveraging the Vit.AI platform, we create scalable, fit-for-purpose solutions that serve the business well into the future.

Responsibilities

• Optimizing customer communication through our expansive data assets
• Extending our project portfolio to support and enhance sales initiatives
• Developing and maintaining robust PHP capabilities that will serve the business for years to come, with the ultimate goal of helping people lead healthier lives
• Employing Large Language Models (LLMs) to elevate our servicing and coaching capabilities
• Fostering a culture of experimentation through a test-learn-adapt approach, ensuring continual improvement and innovation

Qualifications

• Honours, Master’s or PhD degree in either Data Science, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science or Applied Mathematics
• Ability to formulate a clear problem statement, develop a plan for tackling it, and clearly communicate findings verbally, visually, and in writing
• Demonstrable working experience in an analytics position, where the focus was on building and implementing machine learning models to solve business problems
• Experience accessing and analysing data using language/tools/databases such as Python, R, SQL, etc
• Experience using Gradient Boosting Machines, Random Forests, Neural Networks or similar algorithms
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools

Application instructions:

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