Data Scientist

Data Scientist

Up to £60,000 (DOE)

? This role is fully remote, so can be performed from home. But if you’re keen to get into the office, you can too!

? Covéa Insurance’s multi-award-winning IT Data Science team are an ambitious group of people building a class-leading data science practice for insurance. We are focused on unlocking the vast value in our data and we have a goal of enhancing key parts of our business with transparent and safe artificial intelligence (AI) products.

Joining our team would give you the opportunity to act as the intellectual leader of an experiment-driven and entrepreneurial group of talented people. You will have access to extensive stores of disparate data and the freedom to use your creativity to build trusted, enterprise grade AI products that make a real difference to our customers and our industry.

? You’ll play a key part by…

• Planning, overseeing, and delivering end-to-end AI projects including productionisation and deployment of machine learning (ML) models.
• Owning and steering a combination of projects within the team simultaneously.
• Developing and maintaining the underlying AI infrastructure including model pipelines, lab environments, model hosting platforms and version control.
• Applying your creativity and flair to AI experiments conducted on real business problems.
• Discovering innovative applications for AI and educating those in the business on how we work.
• Working alongside stakeholders, at all levels within the organisation, to gain domain knowledge to deliver successful products into production.
• The ethics and sustainability of the AI products you build in production.

? What would we like to see in you?

• A minimum of a 2.1 Bachelors degree.
• Experience in developing and deploying AI products in a commercial environment
• Experience with Python notebook computing is required.
• Experience in leading the development of ML models, across the entire lifecycle, specifically:
• Strong competencies in deploying production grade and fully audited ML pipelines.
• A good understanding of model hosting and containerisation.
• A good understanding of the principles of common cloud components, preferably in AWS.
• Practical experience with version control.
• Previous experience of leading stakeholder workshops, use case identification, conducting experiments and deploying ML models into production.
• Leading on the discovery and planning of future projects with the business, in line with our long-term strategy.
• An eagerness to share best practice with colleagues through either documentation or mentoring.
• Intellectual evaluation of our current processes to drive improvements.
• A passion to use AI for good and diligence in using the right tool for the right problem.

⭐ What’s on offer?

• 36.25 working hours per week with flexitime, (along with a range of flexible working options)
• Annual pay review and performance related bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the option to buy/sell holidays
• Continued professional development through internal training programmes, professional qualifications and apprenticeships
• Lots of support for your mental wellbeing through our Wellbeing group, who provide Mental Health First Aiders and an Employee Assistance Programme where you can access additional support such as counselling, financial advice, and relationship support.
• A range of health benefits such as access to a 24/7 Virtual GP, free eye tests, flu jabs and the option to opt into private medical insurance
• Tusker Car Scheme – salary sacrifice scheme which lets you drive away a brand new, fully maintained and insured car for up to four years.
• Peace of mind, with our life assurance plan and the option to opt in to our critical illness cover
• 7.5% minimum employer pension contribution to maximum of 9%
• A volunteering day a year to support a charity close to your heart
• A big thank you for sticking around, with our Loyalty Bonus – once you reach 5 years service and beyond
• Additional benefits such as discounted gym memberships, cycle to work schemes and discounts at lots of retailers through Perkpal. ​

? Our Mission…

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create engaged, inclusive teams. Being an inclusive workplace means taking action to make sure everyone has equal opportunity to succeed, irrespective of their differences. We celebrate our differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.

We want to ensure that our recruitment process is fair for all. If you require any reasonable adjustments or wish to discuss in more detail, then please get in contact with us or mention it during the online application process.