Senior data scientist - experimentation

Location

London - The River Building HQ

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Deliveroo Cost Center Hierarchy Technology Technology Data Science

Senior Data Scientist

Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Analytics organisation sits at the heart of Deliveroo, powering decision‑making across product, commercial and operations through experimentation, causal inference and machine learning.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior Data Scientist at Deliveroo, your goal is to maximise business impact within one of our product areas. A core part of the role is designing, running and interpreting experiments, and using causal inference to guide product decisions in complex, real‑world settings.

You will go beyond simply answering “did this feature work?” and instead focus on understanding what the true impact is, why it worked or did not work, and how results generalise across users, markets and time.

Here’s what your day‑to‑day might look like:

• Driving Strategy/insights through Experimentation: Leading the design of both simple and complex experiments and proactively translating findings into strategic direction.

• Master Causal Inference: Apply advanced techniques to estimate long‑term and heterogeneous treatment effects.

• Drawing reliable conclusions in settings with selection bias or imperfect randomisation.

• Drive Deep Product Insights: Uncover the fundamental drivers of experiment performance, determining why features succeed and how results generalise across different users, markets, and timeframes.

• Using insights from past experiments to improve future decision‑making.

What You’ll Need to Thrive

• Strong experience designing, running and interpreting A/B experiments in production environments
• Solid understanding of causal inference concepts
• Ability to apply statistical thinking to messy, real‑world product problems, not just ideal experimental setups
• Great communication skills in person, in writing and in code, with both technical and non‑technical audiences
• A problem solver with a deep analytical mindset
• Ability to think creatively and insightfully about business problems
• Familiarity with SQL
• Excellent people skills as you will be meeting with stakeholders to translate business needs into data science problems

Why Join Us?

• 🔧 Solve meaningful problems at real scale Work on a complex, always‑on marketplace that impacts millions every day.
• 🌱 See your impact, fast Ship, test and improve ideas quickly in a low‑hierarchy, high‑ownership environment.
• 🧠 Grow through challenge and ownership Take on big, ambiguous problems and accelerate your career with strong support.
• 🌎 A culture built for builders High standards, collaboration, flexible working and continuous learning.
• 💰 Share in the success you help create Competitive salary and equity options, so you’re rewarded for the impact you make.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong.

We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion, or belief.

If you have a disability or long‑term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.